November can be a miserable month on the coast. We get these intense tropical storms that blow in from Hawaii bring
LOTS of rain and wind. We're supposed to get about 100mm or precipitation today, with 80km gusts. Let's just say it's not a great day for yard work. Unless that's your job, like the guys building the house next door.
Speaking of the yard, as most of you know, we a firmly rooted on the side of a steep hill. At least that is my fervent hope on days like this. Our landscaping is unfinished, so there isn't much slowing down the muddy brown rivers the rain has caused to cascade from our property down to our neighbors below. This morning one of our lower level friends (this is meant in a purely geographical sense) was up on the back bank of his property cleverly digging a trench to divert the water away from his yard. Unfortunately he has directed all the water into his neighbor's place. I think those folks should think about building an ark. Or a water park. Oh well, they don't have a basement to flood. And they won't have to fertilize their lawn either...it's kind of like the Nile River flooding it's delta and depositing all the rich nutrients onto the land. At least that's what I was taught in grade 5.
Anyway, enough babbling. Just thought I should post something for all of you who claim to faithfully read my blog. (Yes, Heather, I mean you...)
Speaking of the yard, as most of you know, we a firmly rooted on the side of a steep hill. At least that is my fervent hope on days like this. Our landscaping is unfinished, so there isn't much slowing down the muddy brown rivers the rain has caused to cascade from our property down to our neighbors below. This morning one of our lower level friends (this is meant in a purely geographical sense) was up on the back bank of his property cleverly digging a trench to divert the water away from his yard. Unfortunately he has directed all the water into his neighbor's place. I think those folks should think about building an ark. Or a water park. Oh well, they don't have a basement to flood. And they won't have to fertilize their lawn either...it's kind of like the Nile River flooding it's delta and depositing all the rich nutrients onto the land. At least that's what I was taught in grade 5.
Anyway, enough babbling. Just thought I should post something for all of you who claim to faithfully read my blog. (Yes, Heather, I mean you...)
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