Get Out The Hose

We are in the middle of a drought AND the sprinkler system here is also in the middle of some repairs. Now, shhhh, but lawns to me are the most beautiful when they are old. Really old. Like a century old is wonderful. I don’t, shhhh, think house yards need to be golf course worthy. That is just me. I know I am probably in a tiny minority with that belief.

But … gardens 🙂 🙂 🙂 They are so worth pulling out the hose. And that is what we did tonight.

It unexpectedly brought back such fond memories, especially times with my Dad, with him pulling out the coiled hose, starting up the water, not even having a fancy sprayer, sometimes just a thumb fanning the water out – until the water got way too cold. Tonight, as our old sprayer hobbled along, definitely needing replacement, I was in memoryville of those times long ago, spraying the gardens, sometimes the yard if it really needed it. And tonight, when I sat down on the patio and looked out over the freshly sprayed garden, I felt like I had brought a little bit of those long-ago times to our gardens here.

The sprinklers here will be fixed. I will probably not get a ton more sessions like tonight. But wow! Was it fun!