MAD FRIDAY

One of the pluses to watering the grass as much as I have had to do and as late as I have is that for the first time in a long time I saw a couple of fireflies..  There in the lillac bush in the corner part of the house.. Also I am noticing the butterflies are more abundant suddenly and more dragonflies, but not nearly in the same quantity that we had in the past few years..

Speaking of quantity; something I don't like to do and never have is watering the grass with such amounts that I have this year.. ($21.70 for May, over $29 for June)... Incredible amount of watering this year, and through June I dumped it on the lawn and tried to water only when the temperature was under ninety.. But this past week I had to make an exception.. It was still over ninety when I started watering in the evenings, and there is just no end to the drought.. I water the back in the evenings and it takes from six until eleven to get the whole back watered.. The front starts at seven-thirty in the mornings and is done around nine-thirty most days..  I've been playing catchup and June was in fact that.. When June ends I will start watering alternating days front and back with Monday Wednesday and Friday being the back, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday being the front.. Sunday will be spot watering, not the entire lawn.. And like I have said if it comes to a choice between drinking the water or putting it on the lawn, I will win.. Grass can burn up..



I said I could smell smoke pretty heavy this morning on my Facebook.. Not sure where it is coming from or if it is just a single fire since there are so many burning across the area, from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana.. Just an incredible amount of fire burning, I can't fathom the amount of fires burning square miles.. The saddest summer ever more than likely..


Badge Henry