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WATERWORKS

You wouldn't think that water bearing devices would be a big problem in the desert but you would be wrong.

We have sprinklers to save and disperse water. No rain. We have pools to jump into. Heat. We have solar heating for the pools. Saving electricity we pour into the pool pumps.

These devices, valves and pipes and sprinkler heads, all get worn out, uv-rayed out or clogged with the high calcium water they convey.

This week's valve was on the rose garden system which is right next to the foundation next to our walkin closet.

On Monday we got water in the closet. The valve to the sprinkler system broke in the open position and watered the roses for a few hours. Good we got to it in time. Good it didn't happen while we were away in Las Vegas.

The valves can be operated manually even if the diaphragm has bust, so I have been able to water the roses but it is a pain in the ass.

The gardener is on the way to fixing it but it takes awhile. It is not an emergency and he and I both know it.

So, I will water by hand for another day.

The other big water system with pipes and pumps and saline lines and automatic controls is the pool system. Just a big sprinkler actually.

Sometime early in the week, the impeller in the pool pump quit and when we got back from Las Vegas, we noticed a bit of scum on the top of the pool. The pool man did, actually. We sort of sensed it but I didn't run it down.

Today the repair guy is fixing it.

A few hundred dollars. I hope.

It will be fixed this afternoon.

I am not complaining. I never had a pool before so some of this is ignorance. I had no fucking idea of how much it would cost to have one. Naive me.

But at the end of a walk or the end of the day or just whenever I want to get wet, there it is. And it is great to look at.

Early this morning it proved to be a wild life attraction. We had raccoons!

Just as I got up.

Booker loved it!

I think that he is now very happy. Wild life to chase.

So far there had only been lizards, but now, raccoons.

We will keep him far away from these little monsters. Especially a mom and her cubs. Vicious. And nasty too. Also mean. Lethal. Have I made my point?

Labels: repairs