New Commandments and Solar Lights

There is a house on the road to our house that sits in front of a one-hundred-foot vertical cliff.  I’ve never met the owners, but I am sure impressed by them.  They have installed lights on the cliff the illuminate the entire cliff.  The lights are completely hidden and I have no idea where the source of electricity comes from.  It is really quite magnificent.

I don’t like to be outdone.  I have a cliff on our property.  It is not one hundred feet high, more like twenty-five. 

For most of the last twenty years, I have place solar Christmas lights on our cliff and the surrounding trees.  I have always needed solar lights because there is not a source of electricity for a couple hundred yards.

Recently, I have written about the Four commandments of back injuries as written by Elaine and the doctors. 

The list of commandments has grown.  I still am forbidden to “bend, lift, and twist”, and make unauthorized purchases on the internet.

This past week my list of commandments has grown by two.  I can no longer walk near the cliff to install Christmas lights.  I can no longer climb ladders to put lights in the trees.  I don’t even get to try.

I have been given permission to place lights on the multitude of short bushes on the property.  My permission was almost revoked yesterday when I tripped in the pasture on a well-hidden piece of antique/e barb wire in the prairie grass.  It was one of those “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” things.  I was able to get on my feet by crawling over to a large rock.  I used the rock to pull myself up. Thankfully, I did not need to yell for Elaine.  So far, I do not have or need a commandment forbidding me walking in the pasture.

I have Boy Twin coming out today to help me get more lights up before the storm hits tomorrow.  Wish me luck.  Gotta go!

God Bless, Love ya, Christmas is coming

Our crazy lives!

Monner