Come home, sweet rain!
It seems that, while I was in Prague and the lakes finally disappeared, someone out there finally admitted that we are, indeed, in a drought...and that perhaps water conservation efforts should be kicked up a notch. Sigh. I was born in San Francisco- we had a hell of a drought in the 1980's ("If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down" was the first poem I recall having memorized). I am very confused and frustrated that all these years later, we were plumb in the middle of a nasty drought and half way through the state finally admits it.
I never had a lawn to water, so that wasn't a big deal. I let my veggies die. I don't flush my toilet as often as I used to, haha. I'm watching my pecan trees drop green, healthy leaves and branches in a desperate attempt to survive by cutting energy usage. If I do water my few, sad and fried plants, it's in the middle of the night or the butt crack of dawn, to make sure that the water is absorbed and not evaporated.
THEN- I saw the plush lawns of UT. And the grounds at the Capitol. And various golf courses (the private ones). I have to admit- this is starting to really piss me off. I'm going to lose 75+ year old pecan trees to a drought, but I could still run barefoot through the emerald grounds of...
I'm going to make signs, and tape them to people's doors- if I see you water your lawn at 4pm, I am going to call the appropriate authorities. I don't give a crap if you have solar panels on your house and a prius in the driveway- if you are all about being "green" your lawn should be brown (HA! I think I need to make that a T-Shirt). AND I'm going to publically bitch and moan until people learn to be a little more responsible.
Just sayin.'
I never had a lawn to water, so that wasn't a big deal. I let my veggies die. I don't flush my toilet as often as I used to, haha. I'm watching my pecan trees drop green, healthy leaves and branches in a desperate attempt to survive by cutting energy usage. If I do water my few, sad and fried plants, it's in the middle of the night or the butt crack of dawn, to make sure that the water is absorbed and not evaporated.
THEN- I saw the plush lawns of UT. And the grounds at the Capitol. And various golf courses (the private ones). I have to admit- this is starting to really piss me off. I'm going to lose 75+ year old pecan trees to a drought, but I could still run barefoot through the emerald grounds of...
I'm going to make signs, and tape them to people's doors- if I see you water your lawn at 4pm, I am going to call the appropriate authorities. I don't give a crap if you have solar panels on your house and a prius in the driveway- if you are all about being "green" your lawn should be brown (HA! I think I need to make that a T-Shirt). AND I'm going to publically bitch and moan until people learn to be a little more responsible.
Just sayin.'