Monday, July 12, 2004
random observations and pictures from P
You know how you take things for granted - the way things are done at home is the way that things should be done...?
Well, when it rained here the other day,
I noticed that the drainpipes don't have any drains or gratings below them for the water to go away. In fact, they have a very strange arrangement where the drainpipe at the side of the house can be hooked up, or unfolded to let water run down the grass at the side of the house. At the risk of the neighbours thinking I am very very strange, I went out in the pouring rain to take a picture so that you can see what I mean:
Given the amount of rain that we've had last week (with the exception of the weekend), it has made for very soggy ground beside the house. Maybe this amount of rain is unusual - we'll see...
Not only does it make for soggy ground, but with the heat that is now staring to kick in, the grass keeps growing... therefore we have purchased a lawnmower. We thought we'd have to splash out on a petrol monster, but we found a very nice Black and Decker electric job (which we can plug into one of the 6 grounded power outlets on the outside of the house), and it does a good job:
I think this amount of grass growth is unusual - when we were at Dr T's house on Saturday, he said that his ride-on mower has a thing that counts the number of hours that it has been used. In all of last year, it was used for a total of 8 hours (can you believe that?!), but this year, it has been used for 20 hours already. We were promised that the grass would go brown and stop growing pretty shortly, buts it not showing any signs of stopping...
Yesterday, we got up to find several large hot-air balloons drifting past the house - I'm not sure that views of scenic Tuscany (our estate) are what the people paid up for but there you go...
Calgary is a very equitable city - you can busk for money, but only in designated places, and only for a certain length of time in each of those places. The city holds auditions each spring, and only those judged good enough will be given a busking licence, which enables them to busk at a busk-stop (seriously!!)
Some days we have mountain views:
and some days we don't...
but today we do, and I'm now going outside to the deck to read (bliss!!).
P
Well, when it rained here the other day,
I noticed that the drainpipes don't have any drains or gratings below them for the water to go away. In fact, they have a very strange arrangement where the drainpipe at the side of the house can be hooked up, or unfolded to let water run down the grass at the side of the house. At the risk of the neighbours thinking I am very very strange, I went out in the pouring rain to take a picture so that you can see what I mean:
Given the amount of rain that we've had last week (with the exception of the weekend), it has made for very soggy ground beside the house. Maybe this amount of rain is unusual - we'll see...
Not only does it make for soggy ground, but with the heat that is now staring to kick in, the grass keeps growing... therefore we have purchased a lawnmower. We thought we'd have to splash out on a petrol monster, but we found a very nice Black and Decker electric job (which we can plug into one of the 6 grounded power outlets on the outside of the house), and it does a good job:
I think this amount of grass growth is unusual - when we were at Dr T's house on Saturday, he said that his ride-on mower has a thing that counts the number of hours that it has been used. In all of last year, it was used for a total of 8 hours (can you believe that?!), but this year, it has been used for 20 hours already. We were promised that the grass would go brown and stop growing pretty shortly, buts it not showing any signs of stopping...
Yesterday, we got up to find several large hot-air balloons drifting past the house - I'm not sure that views of scenic Tuscany (our estate) are what the people paid up for but there you go...
Calgary is a very equitable city - you can busk for money, but only in designated places, and only for a certain length of time in each of those places. The city holds auditions each spring, and only those judged good enough will be given a busking licence, which enables them to busk at a busk-stop (seriously!!)
Some days we have mountain views:
and some days we don't...
but today we do, and I'm now going outside to the deck to read (bliss!!).
P
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