This past weekend, I had a special helper accompany me on one of my landscape consults….
My son, Kai.
He has never expressed any interest in going with me before – but I think he was bored and his best friend (who lives across the street) wasn’t going to be home.
So, Kai offered to come with me and be my ‘photographer’.
As I was talking to my clients, Kai would take photos of certain plants, landscape areas or problems, which I would later include in my report.
He caught me gesturing to this evergreen pear tree, above.
Kai also took some good close-ups as well…
Salt damage from lack of deep watering.
Manganese deficiency in citrus tree.
Kai did also take a few photos with me in them, but he neglected to press the ‘skinny button’ on my camera so I elected not to include them in this post. (Okay, I know that a ‘skinny button’ does not exist on a camera, but I wish someone would invent one, don’t you?)
As our consult progressed to the backyard, Kai was no longer taking pictures.
Instead, he was finding himself in some of the photos I took….
Meeting my client’s new chickens.
Swinging from rings in an old citrus tree.
Kai and I both had an enjoyable time. The clients were very nice people who had a beautiful landscape.
I hope that Kai was able to see more clearly what I do for my work, (besides writing blogs and articles).
But all he said on the way home was, “Can we get some ice-cream?”
“Absolutely.”
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