Dear Diary,
After months of drought conditions, our town council has decided to
relax some of the strict water restrictions that they had imposed. We
have gone from absolutely NO WATERING, to ONLY being able to water our
flowers and shrubs (no grass) by hand every other day. Now we have
progressed to the whopping allowance of unrestricted watering every
other day from 8PM to 8AM. Yes, you read that last sentence correctly,
we can now water every other NIGHT!
I’m certain that the town council were thinking about people with
automatic sprinkler systems (especially programmable ones) when they
made this ruling. However for those of us who are still living in
the “dark ages” of moving a hose around the yard, watering in the dark
should be interesting. I just can’t wait to experience the thrill of
wandering around my yard by flashlight or maybe by back porch light.
NOT! I guess that I should consider myself lucky that at least I can
use some form of electricity and not have to rely upon candles.
Of course, our town council members are the same people who for quite
some time kept approving new development knowing that our town was
facing a potential lack of water. For years, most of the members
never seemed to meet a developer that they didn't like. And the
developers for their part kept saying that, "development pays for
itself." Wrong! It is people like me who will be watering by
flashlight who are paying for development.
One of the worst parts about evening watering is that depending upon
the size of anyone’s yard, we will either be watering late at night or
early in the morning. Oh well in the battle of trying to have a
decent looking yard, who needs sleep? Maybe I’ll be able to catch the
little critters that keep nibbling on my flowers. Won’t they get a
surprise? “Got ‘cha. Eat my flowers, huh. Take that...squirt and
that...squirt.” WOW, I'm just going to love this experience. And if
you believe that, I have this little island named Manhattan for sale.
I’m certain that we can come to some sort of reasonable agreement.