So, I think I’ve mowed the lawn for the last time this
season. Turned off the sprinklers, blew all the lines out, and covered the
barbecue grill. I’m ready for winter. At least it would appear that way.
In reality, I’m NEVER ready for winter. As any longtime
reader of this blog knows, I prefer summer. In fact, I’d like to do away with
winter completely. For some reason, that has never happened. I realize I could
move to Arizona and escape winter—most of the time anyway. But something tells
me if I were to relocate, the first winter, the state would have its
biggest snowfall in history with record low temperatures.
A couple of weeks ago, I was discussing my dislike of winter
with someone who couldn’t understand what I could have against it. Only three
things really; the cold, the snow—or ice, and the short days. Summer, on the
other hand, has none of those!
I was told it was unrealistic to expect warm sunshine all of
the time—that things would die. Like my grass, they said.
Obviously, this person has not lived in this area too long. I
asked and found the guy had moved here only a few weeks before so I guess I can
cut him a little slack. Still, it should have been fairly evident from all the
brown hillsides that the grass does die here—every summer. Unless... Unless it
is watered. I pointed this out and was met with a look of disbelief. Then, I was
told taking care of an irrigation system just seemed like a lot of work.
Which is how I remembered that I needed to winterize my
sprinklers! It is November already! Gotta make sure they don’t freeze up
and bust. I need them for my grass next summer—or sooner, if by some miracle we
get to skip winter this year! ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, and The Wynn Garrett
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