Grab it – I’ts a Good Day
There may not be any sunshine, but it’s in the 60s. We grabbed it. It was warm enough so the fingers didn’t get cold. A light jacket did the trick so the heavy jackets stayed on the coat hooks.
We had not mowed the acre in twelve days! We could have made hay. The only spot I put a nix on was the newly seeded grass area in the backyard. It may have been long enough to take some off of the top, but the soil is soaked and spongy and would have shown every tire track from the riding mower. This last 3/4 inch of rain several days ago had no where to soak into.
As we have a sump pump sitting on top of the underground sump pump tile that is at ground level, there is plenty of water to drain out to the street. The entire area in that spot on the northwest corner of the yard is less than stable to walk on. When I mow the front yard it does take a little re-arrangement of the hose that delivers extra water to the curb. Yup, I moved the hose and knocked the extra sump pump off of the top of the tile. Oops!
When that oops happened my shoes sunk into the muck to the point I had to curl my toes to keep my shoes on as I gave a tug. Good thing it was the last detail of my yard work. My feet were heavy with muck. The first stop was at the outside water faucet to rinse off whatever I could. The next step was taking my shoes off outside and taking the shoes right down to the laundry sink in the basement. The water pressure at the sink is great and it did short work of cleaning them off. They may take a day or two to dry out, but they will be ready for the next round of outside work.
I don’t know how we ever got along without the laundry sink in the basement. When Kevin re-routed, re-plumbed our water softener to make room for a sink, it took quite some time. Today it gets a lot of good use. Priceless!
So, this day that we grabbed . . . turned out great. Tonight the forecast is for rain during the night. Glub, glub!