Yesterday afternoon I spent the time working on our ‘new’ sprinkler system. It was high time we turned it on and got it wetting the lawn. However, upon turning things on there were two ‘trouble spots’ in the front. I had the experienced eyes and hands of my neighbor, Wayne, there. In fact he did a lot of work himself and I did a lot more watching than I expected. However, now the poortly clamped pipe has been fixed with the appropriate parts (instead of flexible hose and clamps we’ve actually got pipe!) and I’ve got a new sprinkler head at the front. Of course the new one is not adjusting right so I would water the streets if I turned it on, but I am going to take that back to my one way bank, that only accepts deposits Lowe’s tonight and get one that will spray a 180 degree radius instead of 360 degrees. I don’t plan on cultivating pavement.
Here’s a close-up of the clamp that died in its time in the dirt, attempting to hold a hose to some pipe when more pipe would have been appropriate:

Such is life.

I will be getting pictures of the house up soon. Jessica has to approve the ones I put up and the ones I keep taking have not passed her test for content allowed up on the site 🙂