Labor Day was mostly an uneventful day at our house. I fondly remember when Labor Day always seemed like a gift. Almost everyone was off work. For almost a lifetime, it was a three-day weekend that preceded the beginning of school. Those day are now forever gone. School now starts most places in mid-August.
Yesterday didn't seem like anything out of the ordinary for us until until long after dark. Even though I only work part-time, I work from home. The General works all of the time and I am grateful. She works at home to keep the house spotless, the meals prepared, the laundry done, the dusting completed, and a host of other things that make my existence similar to the life of Riley.
Actually, the General heard the sound before I did. She asked: "Is that rain?" I hoped to God she was right. We both were immediately activated to do all we could to distribute buckets to catch rainwater.
The truth of the matter is, there is nothing quite as good as rainwater for indoor plants. For that matter, the same could be said for outdoor plants. For well over a year, we have been in Stage 4 water restrictions in our neighborhood. Long story short – outdoor watering is prohibited with the exception of the golf course.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining! The view out of the back of our home is that of the golf course. Until the winter frost, you can count on a green view. Do you remember the sound of Bobby Darin singing "Green Green?"
Maybe you remember the lyrics: "Green, green, it's green they say - On the far side of the hill - Green, green, I'm going away - To where the grass is greener still - Well I told my mother - On the day I was born – Don't you cry when you see I'm gone - Because there ain't no woman - Gonna settle me down - I gotta be traveling on - Green, green, it's green they say - On the far side of the hill - Green, green, I'm going away - To where the grass is greener still…"
We've been using a couple of 5-gallon buckets purchased from Home Depot to catch rainwater. They work perfectly, but it is only a fraction of the water that we need. For weeks, I'd been meaning to purchase an addition four buckets on the outside chance that it rained. Recently, I did. So where were they? The General was the one asking the question.
As it turned out, while it was figuratively raining cats and dogs, it took me a couple of minutes to realize that I had not taken the four buckets out of the back of the General's car. We scrambled quickly to get buckets filled. In the process, we got soaking wet. I guess you could say we were enjoying dancing in the rain.
Perhaps six gallons isn't enough. Now I wish I had purchased four more buckets. I sound like the kind of guy who only wants the land that touches his. We now potentially have 30 gallons of rainwater. That is so much more than we've ever had available before. Trust me, I have purchased water at the grocery store to water plants. It goes away quickly at $1.79 a gallon.
All My Best!
Don
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