I don’t know what is going on around here but we seem to have the worst luck with water. We’ve put in a new well that has been nothing but a pain in the butt. Seems like just when we start taking indoor plumbing for granted something goes wrong. A month ago we realized that our water softener wasn’t working as intended. This led to getting part of our softener replaced.
Then on Saturday (mid holiday weekend!) I had friends over for pool time and food. I went to flush the good stuff and, nothing. Crap. (No pun intended) Steve was out of town visiting family. I called him. Then I called the well company. I got instructions for resetting the well pump. That worked for about 24 hours. Then it didn’t.
Monday, July 4th, the well guy comes over to try to fix it. It doesn’t work. More crap. He pulls the well. Looks like the pump was either hit by lightning (not out of the realm of possibility) or damaged by an earthquake. I choose to go with the earthquake, makes for a better story.
In order to pull and replace the pump we have to dig up or cut down half of my perennials. Most notably, the daisies and bee balm that just started blooming. The huge clump of pampas grass was also a victim. To top it all off, because we have no water and it has been hot and dry, the rest of the garden and potted plants are really suffering. Piss.
In order to make lemonade out of lemons when I had to cut all my beautiful summery daisies I decided to make a huge bouquet.
It’s not the most elegant bouquet but it is very summery. I love that the daisies and bee balm both bloom on the 4th of July. I think they look like fireworks.
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