Our 100 pound
Pltycerium AKA stag-horn fern (some call it elk-horn) fell to the ground with the limb it was hanging on. The plant was fine, but it caused me to stage a major
hissy fit. See below definition of Hissy
In the interest of keeping this post to a minimm, I will state the Major Happenings... you fill in the rest of the story.
Think.... 77 year old husband.....extension ladder, (yes, the one with the passion plant on it) forget that part..
Now Think....ladder on limb....fat old me holding it.... hubbies feet on the rung HIGHER than my head...
Next think.... 25 pound
come-along
...Hubby yells hand it UP to me, (HOW if I am holding the ladder). I let go the ladder....mightily lift it up while waiting for the ladder to crash.
He comes down the ladder, and says "I will lift the plant chain to you and you hook it in the com-a-long. Be ready, I can only hold it for a second....Well, of course he can't, it weighs 100 pounds and is as big as VW bug and by now I am in a hissy of a fear fit and hyperventilating.
the plant is hooked, the man goes back up the ladder to ratchet the thing up where it goes, it feels like 4 hours until it is there since my hands and arms are throbbing from clutching the ladder so tight.
Guess what happened next.... The Come-along was Stuck, it would not UN ratchet, it would not let go of the chain, it would not come down and THE MAN was now on the rung 2 feet above my head stabbing the wires with a LONG SHARP SCREW DRIVER... another 4 hours passed, stag-horn was HUNG and I was nearly passed out from adrenaline from the hissy fit.
LET ME MENTION HERE.... the neighbors KITTEN decides to come and wind around my feet, leap up and tap the plant fronds, try to climb the ladder, chase a lizard and now i have to worry if it will run 3 feet into traffic...OR the 100 pound plant will crush it and it will not be all the way dead... see where my mind was going? Did I mention the scenario where the ladder falls with the plant and the man on me, we are both laying on the side of the street waiting for a passing car to call 911?
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