Showing posts with label lawn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lawn. Show all posts
For Appearances Sake
Every morning, soon after waking, I go outside. I just like being outside. I don't really do anything out there, except look around and check out the scenery. This morning, I took a long, hard look at our lawn. It's pretty dismal.

Between South Florida's water restrictions and the irregular visits of the guy who is supposed to cut our grass, the lawn is yucky. I got to thinking--why is lawn's appearance so important to me? It's not as if everyone's lawn doesn't look the same(except for those elitists that ignore the water restrictions), right? It's not as if I have nothing else to worry about? Why do I have this unnatural concern for the grass?

Are there things in your life that you deem important for no valid reason? What does it mean? Why do you focus on that one, small, insignificant thing?

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Rainy Days

So, after months and months of drought like conditions, the rainy season has arrived. Supposedly the rain will make everything grow.

So far, the only thing that has grown is me. I've grown moody. I don't like to get up when it's dreary. YUCK!

I also don't like when the baseball game has a rain delay--ESPECIALLY on the RARE occasion when the Marlins are winning! YUCK!

Wait, something else is growing. My usually brown lawn has sprouted tall weeds. YUCK!!!!!

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To Water or Not to Water--That is the Question

I live in Broward County, Florida. We are in the dry season of the year. For the next few months, rain is scarce and we are under severe water restrictions. Only twice a week, during set hours can you water your lawn. Because of this, my lawn looks terrible. There are awful dry patches. But I take the law seriously, and don't water during times that I shouldn't (Even though we had an underground well that our sprinkler system is attached to).

Imagine how I felt last weekend, when I took a good look at the neighborhood last weekend. Ours is the ONLY lawn on the block, and one of very few in the neighborhood that has brown grass. Most of the homes have lush, green lawns and colorful flowers in the gardens. How could that be? We are under water restrictions. Certainly they are not watering daily, as their lawns suggest, are they? Are we the only family abiding by the law? Should I just start watering as well? I really would like nice grass too, but I'd much rather have drinking water and water for cooking, bathing and laundry.

Well, since then, I've really started paying attention. Yesterday the house next door had their sprinkers on for at least 2 hours after I got home and today, the nice lady across the street was outside watering hers by hand, using a hose. Now suppose our drinking water supply is diminished before the start of the rainy season in June. Will it have been worth it to have a nice lawn?

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