Thursday, January 10, 2013

Back to the Swamp

Truly one misses the beautiful beaches when the leave Florida.  One also misses the swamp - which was just about everywhere.  I did my best to create a little bit of Florida right here in Cedar City.  When I got home from walking Andy to school this morning I poured a bowl of my favorite cereal and looked out the window at the back yard.  I was shocked when I saw a ton of water sitting in the planter area along the back fence.  Then it clicked.  I started hearing a noise yesterday when I got home from work.  I thought it was something with the heater.  I was a little concerned when it was still going this morning.  I turned off the furnace to see if the noise would stop.  It did not.  When I looked out and saw all the water I realized the noise was coming from the sprinkler system.  Last year the landlord turned off the water valve that goes to the sprinklers.  I discovered this morning that he did not do it this year.  I borrowed a T from a neighbor down the road and got it off.  It was quite a bit of water and had flooded over into Jay and Sara's yard then it was also spilling over and into the yard behind us as well.  It was a lot of water and a great reminder of the swamp. 

It was probably a good thing it all came together this morning as tonight we've had just a wee bit of snow.  Everything is covered. Always good to get a little snow when you. 

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