Hot dog!
Getting hot already? Me, too. For some scientifically unexplainable reason, our yard exists in some heat vortex, where it is about 1,000,000 degrees hotter than anywhere else in the valley. Ok, so maybe I exaggerate. But only a little bit.
This summer is blazingly hot & also cloudily cool…ah…I loooove the overcast days. It makes me feel happy to have fur. But how is it this morning? Thought I’d share a few of my favorite tips to beat the heat, but I got a little distracted…
One of the things I discovered this summer, well, re-discovered actually, is the peculiarity of the drip watering system. There is a whole hierarchy of functions & dignitaries that interact to make it work, much like a municipality. I personally think it’s possessed.
Anyway, I was just minding my own business, checking out the yard on my usual morning rounds & I saw that the little black tube was leaking water. How was I supposed to know that it’s supposed to leak – slowly, over a long period of time? How did I know that it was supposed to have that little “governor” on it?
I sort of figured that the water was stuck in the tube & needed help getting out. So I helped it. A simple bite was all it took to free the water – & what’s the thanks I get?! I got an faceful of water, the tube started writhing like a snake, water arc-ing like a civic fountain & I think the tube was having fun at my expense. The “governor” got away, even though it was supposed to be a life-long job. I think that I was just a dupe in the whole plan anyway.
And you should have heard the uproar! I didn’t know that my Mom knew that kind of language. I didn’t even understand some of it. The rest of our morning was spent on a discussion about how the hardware store wouldn’t open for another 1/2 hour & other miscellaneous minutia.
After some careful surgical procedures, a new “governor” was installed. On the upside, I was nice & cool.
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