Ed Norton: Like we say in the sewer, "time and tide wait for no man".
"Ralph Kramden, Inc." Perf. Art Carney. The Honeymooners. 1956. Television.
TIME: 10:21 PM
PLACE: Basement
SUBJECT: New plastic sewer pipe
See what fun stuff is going on in our basement? The HH and MB replaced the old clay pipe this afternoon. Very dirty and stinky work. I don’t think MB wants to be a plumber when he grows up.
“You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.”
Andrew Carnegie (Scottish born American Industrialist and Philanthropist. 1835-1919)
TIME: 7:26 PM
PLACE: Unfinished room
SUBJECT: Early evening light on ladder and temporary plumbing
Due to unforeseen time and money issues, the remolding we planned to do to our bathrooms has been at a standstill. And, the more I ponder and analyze the reasons why the project is moving at such a snail’s pace, I’ve come to the conclusion that another driving force is the complicated plumbing & sewer issues the remodeling entails. Temporary pipes must be put in place so we can still use the one bathroom we do have while the old sewer stack is removed; a new stack must be installed and old sewer line under the basement floor has to be replaced. THAT involved busting up the concrete floor in the basement (a very messy and smelly job). After all that line is replaced (and who knows when that will be done), new concrete will have to be poured. Why does the phrase “money pit” keep creeping into my mind?
"To a gardener there is nothing more exasperating than a hose that just isn't long enough."
Cecil Edric Mornington Roberts (18 May 1892-20 December 1976) was an English journalist and novelist.
TIME: 7:47 PM
PLACE: Side of the house
SUBJECT: Garden hose on homemade holder
This is how a union gas-fitter hangs a garden hose. It may not be fancy, nor pretty, but it gets the job done.
Worriers spend a lot of time shoveling smoke.
Claude McDonald (American, writer, b1925)
TIME: 12:00 PM
PLACE: St. Luke’s Hospital
SUBJECT: Steam pipe
Yesterday, MonkeyBoy’s football team ended up winning their game by forfeit as the opposing team did not show up to play. So, MB’s team decided to scrimmage against each other. HandsomeHusband said that he had never seen them hit their opponents as hard as they hit each other during that scrimmage. MB tackled a teammate and hurt his upper left arm. He couldn’t raise it past his shoulder and had some pain. So this morning, I called the pediatrician and made the trek to her office. A visit to the radiologist and two x-rays later, we got good news - there were no breaks or fractures! He will just be sore for awhile and it should resolve itself with no further issues.
This steam pipe is visible from the parking garage that is attached to the hospital and the doctor’s offices. After I took this, we went to Costco for a cheap lunch (you can’t beat $1.50 for a jumbo hot dog and a soda!) and the purchasing of pancake mix, a gallon of syrup, trash bags, almonds for my father, and winter coats for the rugrats. Such excitement.
"I kneel down to peer into a culvert.
The other end seems far away."
Robert Bly, “Keeling Down to Peer into a Culvert” , l. 1-2 from The Man in the Black Coat Turns. 1981
TIME: 8:32 PM
PLACE: Little League Fields
SUBJECT: Culvert pipe
This was not the image I wanted to capture tonight. There were a ton of fireflies and StellaDella was catching them during MonkeyBoy's late game (8pm). I tried and tried to get a photo of a firefly while it was glowing but not luck. Oh well, try, try again tomorrow. This is a culvert pipe that you cross to get to the fields. My mom had told us when we were little that alligators lived in these pipes so we should never crawl in them. I have passed that little bit of false information family tradition to my kids. It still works - they have never tried to crawl into one!
