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This evening Jachin decided to create a time capsule to bury in our backyard. After inserting a few choice items that he felt best represented the year 2009, he wrote a short letter and stuck it all in a plastic container, marking the outside with the instructions: DO NOT OPEN UNTIL THE YEAR 2300 A.D.
“Let’s seal it with tape,” he said, getting the packing tape from the cupboard.
“Ok, do you have everything you want in there before we seal it all up?” I asked.
“Well, let’s see…”
And then he showed me what was actually in the time capsule.
A flower hair clip that Zoe and I made the other day, a rubber ball, a paper clip from the desk drawer, a fire cracker, and a Pokemon card.
“Man,” he said, admiring the Pokemon card, “whoever opens this time capsule is one lucky person! This card will be worth millions of dollars in 191 years!”
“No doubt,” I said… and it took me several hours to realize that it will actually be 291 years… so imagine how much the card will be worth then!
“Hey, can we also put in one of our Wii games?”
“Umm, no. You can’t bury a $50 game in the backyard.”
And yes, I’m sort of a killjoy. And yes, I realize that a Wii game would actually be the item that would best represent the year 2009. But still…
We sealed it all up.
Then he and Zoe went to bury it in the corner of the yard.
Now before you go getting all judgmental about how crappy my yard looks, I should explain that this is the far corner of the yard, which I keep telling myself will one day be my luscious, green vegetable garden. Right now it is a lovely weed patch that houses a dying plum tree, several feral neighbor cats… and now a time capsule.
The entire process was supervised by the one cat on the planet Jon doesn’t want to strangle: Pouncer. Pouncer is the adorable, slightly feral neighbor kitten.
(again, try to picture some yummy veggies growing.)
After digging for a while, they plopped the time capsule in and examined the depth.
I didn’t have the heart to tell them that the time capsule may indeed be unearthed slightly sooner than 2300 A.D. , since their hole is precisely where I plan to put my cucumbers. Then again, at the rate Jon and I get home improvement projects completed, a garden by 2300 A.D. may actually be a modest goal.
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OMG, this is priceless! Did Jachin tell you precisely why those particular items were what he chose to represent?
Good luck with the garden. In the meantime, Stick some tomato plants in the ground with a couple stakes and they’ll do their own thing until the fall. I don’t even like tomatoes, but the joy I got from picking my first one…MAN was it awesome!
Comment by Nerak — February 24, 2009 @ 5:06 am
Ummm, you have serious yard guilt. And, people I’ve seen the front, she is totally lying, it looks WORSE! Ha, I kid. He should have put in some pull and peels? Is that what they are called? And gold fish. Maybe you can bury your own with those items. I might dig it up for the pokemon card though since I know where it is, I mean the economy sucks, it might be worth a lot in 6 months.
Comment by shahara — February 24, 2009 @ 6:32 am
You sound ambitious to me, considering the garden and raising a baby.
That a lot of nurturing.
Comment by Lisa Milton — February 24, 2009 @ 7:08 am
I am calling your bluff on the yard. Lets see pictures of the entire thing to verify your statements.
Comment by Grant — February 25, 2009 @ 9:41 am
Grant, it was the weirdest thing… but as I went out to take pictures of my fully landscaped, garden-esque yard for you, a large vulture-type bird swooped down and ate my camera. So while I TOTALLY wanted to show you how awesome our yard looks, well, I just can’t.
Comment by admin — February 26, 2009 @ 6:20 am
Ah… the Pokemon card. That was a big sacrifice. But definitely worth it to teach future generations about our time in 2009.
Comment by Heather — February 26, 2009 @ 8:33 pm
Weeds. An errant cat. That could be my back yard!
Comment by Leslie — April 6, 2009 @ 12:49 pm