Yardwork

Today I worked out in the yard I think I may have worked too hard Three hours in the sun Now glad that it’s done I should have played my bad-back card

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Lisa Ricci

Date: 10/5/2022 8:25:00 AM

Good Morning Bill. The bad back card will win each time (smile). Here is a toast to those who love do to their own landscaping and yard work. For me, I'm the inside girl. May this day find you and the bad back card well. (smile)

Bill Baker
Date: 10/5/2022 4:31:00 PM

Thanks for the visit and the comment, Lisa. I love working in the yard, spent 3 hours yesterday and three more today. There' lots to do before winter hits us. :-) Backs fine, more for humor than real pain. lol Have a great week my friend. Hugs, Bill

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/2/2022 4:35:00 AM

Yard work and gardening are not so easy but at least when one has done it there is a sense of accomplishment and most of the time the results stands out. Thanks for sharing your humor and for dropping by my page. Sara

Bill Baker
Date: 10/2/2022 10:22:00 AM

It always makes me feel like I'm helping mother nature. :-) I love to wrok in our yard and flower beds. Thanks for the comment my friend. Bill

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 10/2/2022 1:08:00 AM

Always have a good excuse ready - When the workloads getting too heavy - Walk with a stiff leg - Say you’ve a sore head - Then go out and enjoy a bevy…… Belle

Bill Baker
Date: 10/2/2022 10:24:00 AM

Made my smile, my sweet friend. You've got the work thing all figured out. Yeah!!! Have a pleasant week, Belle. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Line Gauthier

Date: 10/1/2022 4:32:00 PM

lol ~ good to remember for next time

Bill Baker
Date: 10/1/2022 8:40:00 PM

Yep, I've got to quit acting like I'm 40 now that I'm almost 78. Thanks for the comment. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Alexis Y.

Date: 9/27/2022 7:15:00 PM

Lol! Bill, You have penned such a humorous and realistic limerick. I enjoyed the read-Alexis

Bill Baker
Date: 9/28/2022 7:39:00 AM

Glad you liked it, Limerick are not as easy for me anymore. I lost some of my sense of humor while aging I guess. Have a great week, Alexis. Bill

Susan Ashley

Date: 9/26/2022 7:44:00 PM

Lol! Such an adorable and humorous limerick, Bill. I love your “bad-back card”! I feel your pain.. Yard work is not for the whimpy, you’re still going strong, my friend :) Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Bill Baker
Date: 9/27/2022 4:44:00 PM

Thank you, Susan, got another (shot) of the yardwork today. Just 2 hours this time. :-) Thanks for the visit and comment my friend. Bill

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/26/2022 11:59:00 AM

Oh no! Feel better!

Bill Baker
Date: 9/26/2022 12:14:00 PM

I'm fine, just sore that next day. :-) Thanks for commenting on my poetry, Kim. Bill

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/24/2022 9:47:00 PM

This is so cute. Love it.

Bill Baker
Date: 9/24/2022 10:43:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea. I'm going to try to get a few new poems written this next week, I think it's been so long I may be forgetting how to write poetry. lol Hugs, Bill

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 9/24/2022 3:00:00 AM

Lol, sometimes that is a good idea Bill!! My front yard needs work, and I think I will look through my wallet and find the phone number for a local company to do it for me, I'm gonna play my bad-back card :) Thank you for the inspiration!! :D

Bill Baker
Date: 9/24/2022 1:58:00 PM

Your welcome, Paying the money for someone to do it could be a great savings over paying for doctor bills or surgery for trying to do it yourself. :-) Have a great weekend, BJ. Bill

Joe Maverick

Date: 9/23/2022 12:49:00 PM

No you don't want it back Bill..' All bad cards Should stay disposed of..' Never take them Back.. LOL)) specially by the yard, that's Long term punishment.' Oh well not my best attempt at humour.' I shall trust in your forgiveness.'

Bill Baker
Date: 9/23/2022 1:13:00 PM

No need my friend, it's the effort that counts. :-) Thanks for commenting, Joe. Have a great day! Bill

Mike Gentile

Date: 9/20/2022 10:39:00 AM

OMG, LOVE the bad=back card Bill!! Perhaps I can borrow it?? Great limerick, happy Tuesday !

Bill Baker
Date: 9/22/2022 4:26:00 PM

Sure, Mike, everyone with any kind of backaches is welcome to it. People without backaches and pains don't seem real to me if they are 50+. :-) Thanks for the comment my friend. Happy Thursday! Bill

Valsa George

Date: 9/20/2022 8:38:00 AM

Three hours in the sun must have turned you red like a strawberry ! Great.... ! I imagine you having a good garden!

Bill Baker
Date: 9/20/2022 9:02:00 AM

I wear long sleeves even when it's hot to protect my fair skin. :-) Heat wave is making the flowers work overtime to stay perky. Thanks for the comment, Bill

Gershon Wolf

Date: 9/19/2022 8:01:00 PM

Get out of yardwork free -- or at least with only minor neuritis and neuralgia. lol. Ooh, I can feel the pain!

Bill Baker
Date: 9/20/2022 7:43:00 AM

:-) you caught me, made me smile again. Thanks, Gershon.

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 9/18/2022 11:52:00 AM

Hello Bill, 3 hours in the sun! Is way too long in the heat. You should of played your sore back. Your poetess friend. Darlene

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 9/19/2022 4:47:00 AM

Hello Bill, I hope you took breaks in between. Well at least you got it done. Your poet friend, Darlene.

Bill Baker
Date: 9/18/2022 2:22:00 PM

Your right, but I wanted to get it done so I could relax today. Thanks for the kind comment my poetess friend Darlene. Hugs, Bill

Sotto Poet

Date: 9/18/2022 7:46:00 AM

Sure you finished it, Bill. I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you're not in excessive pain. I am delighted you accomplished it. Get some rest and start feeling better.

Bill Baker
Date: 9/18/2022 9:05:00 AM

Just a little tired and sore today. I'll be fine. Thanks for the thoughtful comment my friend. Have a relaxing day, Bill

Joe Dimino

Date: 9/18/2022 7:24:00 AM

:)) I hear you Bill. Pushed too hard myself yesterday, and today is Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! The mind is willing...but the body says, you got to be kidding fool!

Bill Baker
Date: 9/18/2022 9:03:00 AM

Yep, same here my friend. Have a restful day, Bill

Vijay Pandit

Date: 9/18/2022 5:17:00 AM

The yardwork must be done--bad back or not. A poem most will relate to, Bill.

Bill Baker
Date: 9/18/2022 6:43:00 AM

So true, my friend. Just doing what needs to be done. :-) Bill

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 9/18/2022 3:45:00 AM

oh Bill, you do work hard and overdo before you realize it. You're always glad to have the yardwork done but at this point in the year, you yearn for fall and winter when you're focus can shift to more creative endeavors. Grateful that you're so thorough in all that you do.

Bill Baker
Date: 9/18/2022 6:44:00 AM

You got that right my dear Sara. Once or twice more and I'm done until spring. Thanks for the comment my true love, Bill

Tom Cunningham

Date: 9/17/2022 11:58:00 PM

Lol, bet you're aching more to day Bill. I often forget I'm not 20 anymore and If I overdo it I ache like crazy the next day. Hope your weekend is going well. Tom PS, put your feet up today, you've earned it.

Bill Baker
Date: 9/18/2022 6:46:00 AM

You're right Tom, it's the next day when I pay. :-) I'll relax some today. Thanks for the comments, my friend. Have a relaxing day yourself. Bill

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 9/17/2022 6:39:00 PM

hope tomorrow you get to sit on a lawn chair and enjoy the fruits of your hard labor, lovely poem Bill

Michael Tor

Date: 9/17/2022 4:25:00 PM

You got it done Bill hope your not hurting too much my friend. I am glad you got it done. I have a huge yard and I know how you feel. You reminded me of my duties tomorrow. Rest up and heal. Talk to you later...

Bill Baker
Date: 9/17/2022 5:24:00 PM

Thanks Michael, I did have to take an Ibuprofen. lol I like doing it, but I at the age I get sore. Thanks for the comment my friend. Bill