Last week's continuous rain had me teasing that we were passed the ark building stage. The animals were already heading on in pairs! At different times streets were beginning to flood and the water was rising. It wasn't till I went outside (in the rain, mind you) that I noticed water pooling and puddling near a spot in the front where I know there is a storm drain.
Earlier in the spring, there was so much soil there that someone suggested I plant something-NOT a good idea. ALL of our storm drains need to be cleaned and as clear as possible with tropical storm and hurricane season impending.
Maybe it's because: this year is the ten year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; or, maybe it's because I just finished reading James Lee Burke's-The Tin Roof Blowdown; I got to work. Shovels, spades, hoes, kitchen knives, water pitchers, brooms, brushes, dust pans and empty pots for the excess soil were everywhere. We want everything moving and flowing through our pumping system the very best that it can.
My excavating skills from the Chatette came in very handy. I knew NOT to stop, that there would be more to be found under all that dirt. In Cadrieu, I discovered stair cases, beautiful stone floors, terraces, flower boxes and so much more. Here in New Orleans...it was JUST A DRAIN, but now one of ours is working!
I discovered as I walked around the front of the house after I was finished, that I'd cleaned out the neighbor's storm drain. That's okay. No one is in that house at the moment, as it is being beautifully renovated. I have a storm drain all my own on the other side of the house that I'll get to eventually!
Get to work New Orleans!
It's time to clean your storm drains!
sounds like you are doing well, you sound very much like when you are in the right mood! here I'm digging in my past or rather in my family past, really exciting to read old family letters and see how family life was in the past, not always that easy to put it mildly, something my parents never told me but for me now a reminder of taking life as it is and not what what you are told it should be ! love Niels
Posted by: Niels | April 23, 2015 at 04:28 PM