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June 28, 2008
Summertime in the garden
I've spent the morning watering plants that aren't hooked up on our spiffy submatic watering system...mostly stuff in the backyard, hanging geraniums, etc...the trees are getting a good long drink right now...our water bill tends to stay the same whether we water a lot or not, I think they just charge us a flat rate and we either use that amt or we don't...so this month, (and probably the next few) we are gonna use the water...not waste it, mind you...it doesn't go running down the driveway into the street like I saw the Austin Airport was doing last night when I picked Brian up from his Seattle trip...water just running down the street in the curbs, the city sprinklers were tossing water all over the roads...nice...so we aren't wasting ours, its going right into the dirt where the roots live and the plants drink heartily...
Its a big 'Western' festival in town this weekend...a parade has already gone by, i could hear the fire engines...a creepy little carny village has sprung up w/ scary little rides for the kids, and unwinnable games for the adults...I don't mind walking thru the place, getting a hermetically sealed cotton candy and gawking at the craptacular wares these folks haul from one town to another..I remember being a kid and going to as many little carnivals as I could in the summer...they were probably just as creepy back then, but I don't remember being repulsed...for some reason I wanted to win a large cigarette lighter, it was my life's goal...once i won it, I didn't do anything with it..i didn't light firecrackers, or even fill the damn thing cause you needed lighter fluid and I didn't know where to buy it...whatever...I hope the kids of nowadays enjoy the carnivals and look back on them fondly...I know I do...
Posted by Donner at June 28, 2008 12:27 PM