Saturday, April 3, 2010

Digging in the Dirt

Will was doing his usual weekend thing of digging in the dirt the other day and hit upon a buried treasure in the upper garden:


Now, it is not in great nick, as Andrew and Will must have buried it over 35 years ago when they first lived in this house. But, the tank is metal die-cast, quite heavy, and obliviously durable-- having withstood the years of Washington weather in its mud bunker with very little sign of rusting.

Don't get me wrong: There are definite signs of wear and tear. I will say that is from being played with by two rambunctious Cunningham boys and not decades of Washington clay-like soil. If it weren't for that, we think that this would be quite the collector's item. But for us, it is going back out in the garden, as "garden art," to continue its watch over our vegetables.