Where did the time go? Well, some of it went to walking in the woods.
The last day of February
The good news
I’m not sure whether it’s even safe to post something like this, as it might bring down the wrath of the gods. But…
This is our well. The one that works. The one that feeds the house stopped working seven years ago; this one feeds the garden standpipes. It’s the only thing standing between us and everything-in-the-yard-and-garden-will-die.
On Thursday when I came back from The City and went out to water the garden, it wasn’t working. This was… depressing. Everyone’s wells are going dry here, so we figured that was true of ours too—and that would be the end of the garden. We can manually collect grey water when we have a shower, but there’s only so far that can go.
But luckily the weather changed over the weekend and there was enough rain to keep things going. And today the guys came to take the cap off and dig up the outlet and see what was up. And lo and behold, it was just that a hose had come unattached (red arrow) at the well head.
So it’s a relatively easy and cheap fix.
And what’s even better? When we looked into the pipe, there was water in it. Up to about a foot below ground level. As the well is supposed to be 400 feet deep, that’s actually a lot of water, and a very good sign as to the health of that well. Phew. *wipes brow*
Winter hiking trails
Well, yes, actually, this is the trail.
And so is this. Winter hiking is when you find the weak points in your Goretex footwear liners.
Bonus photo: ah, the soothing quiet of the forest… but hark, what is that sound? Ah yes. The mobile mulcher eating another stick.
For a grey day, some colour
This was left over from taking photos of autumn leaves a few weeks ago.
Autumn leaves and water
‘Tis the season for fallen leaves on water.
Falling water
All that rain that happened yesterday has to go somewhere. And some of it goes over rocks.
Bubbles
The pond pump is going full bore these days, with the pond level up because of recent rain, producing bubbles I just couldn’t resist.
Dark and damp
The days. And my photography.
This is an accidental shot; I’ve been playing with the macro, but really need to use a tripod when photographing on dim days—handheld tends to be shaky and doesn’t make focusing any too easy, either. But these problems are producing some accidental results that I quite like, and this is one of them.
