a Good day with the Old Cowboy.   He had the Colorado company that rattle his brain for 3 days and was full of very organized questions that he really wanted answers to.  So we had an actual CONVERSATION about things he is very worried about and it was great.   Because he said things, then i said things, then him then me and when it was over,  i commented to him how really good that was that we both listened and talked and tho it might not last,  today he got it and it was a Good day.  And i retrieved all his collection of Cowboy and Indians magazines from where she pitched them in the dumpster just in time.  

Then when i got home i went out with determination.

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the dark is mud.  probably at least 25ft.  something is leaking.

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down at the bottom of the white pvc type thingy are two handles.  One turns off the outside water to the above faucet and the other the house water.  I don't remember which is which.  I've never turned them.   So rather than sticking my hand down there and not knowing what i'm doing, (and i did notice that the mint i planted there doesn't mind at all that it is submerged)

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i bailed and bailed out the water with the kitchen pan into the bucket.   Bailed and bailed.  never got to the faucets.  You can see the screw driver sticking out of the lid to the white thingy.  The white thingy is supposed to have enough gravel in it,  it's sunk quite a ways into the ground, to leave the turnoff knobs available.  Not.   But i got close to the bottom before quitting for the day.  As i walked by a short time later,  the white thing was once again  FULL of water.  Hmmmm.  

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so i went around collecting bones.  There are at least three times this many scattered all over.  Worked a little while on the hugelkultur.  All Good.

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and finally…..went to look at my Belov~ed.   I spent a long time there.  just sitting on the log border of the raised bed.  Feeling.  Thinking.  Taking the time to fully realize all that it had been,  all that it is now.  I don't want to forget.

I need to go back to those two cloths of yesterday,  tomorrow.   I want to understand some things about them too.   but that's tomorrow.  Today was Good enough.

 

 

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14 responses to “a different kind of Good”

  1. Deborah Lacativa Avatar

    the last two pictures made me choke up and spill over

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  2. grace Avatar

    Deb.
    Back when i used to draw, i would have drawn this. I might now. To
    really Take it in, to take it in so strongly that it will be a North Star.
    I could not love this plant more

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  3. Mo Crow Avatar

    hmmm… working with plumbing in winter… cold brittle plastic pipelines… mage time to get a plumber in Grace, they cost a lot but there is a reason for that cause the work hard and tricky & can become much trickier & they are licensed to know what they are doing!
    there is great beauty in the surrender of death to the elements and becoming compost to celebrate new life.

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  4. Mo Crow Avatar

    that was meath to read maybe time but mage time is probably better you need a magician with water lines, a rare breed but they do exist

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  5. Mo Crow Avatar

    ah mea culpa I can’t spell & can barely think it’s very hot here this arvo that meath is meant
    oh Ha!

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  6. Dana Avatar

    The sunflower is complicated and lovely in death.

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  7. julie Avatar

    Where does Tay get all those bones from?

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  8. jude Avatar

    i suppose for the sunflower, today was also good enough.

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  9. Deb G Avatar

    Thinking about how that sunflower stalk will resemble the bones…

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  10. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    echoing Mo’s “mage time plumber”. . . .I’ve had recent experience with the best in plumbers and other tradesmen/craftsmen. . .sometimes we just need a bit of help to keep going. . .love

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  11. Liz Avatar

    Water is the most powerful force on the planet … absolutely essential to life and yet incredibly destructive when it gets where it shouldn’t be. I’m with Mo: get thee to a plumber … hopefully an ethical one.
    And oh, the sunflower … beautiful still … mute testimony to living in the present now rather than the never later

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  12. grace Avatar

    last eve i found your Nov. 26th post…HOW DID I MISS IT…..
    what is the so NOT GOOD is the uselessness of this water here…
    there is no good coming from it.
    “the never later”…..your words???????

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  13. patriciaspangler47@gmail.com Avatar

    i’m with Deb l. the sunflower images drew an audible gasp. their primal nature, their beauty, the simultaneous complexity/simplicity and textures. oooo and i empathize with the leak. new toilet installed here then dripping/leaking overnight through the walls, down into the hallowed ground we call basement but i’m starting to imagine is more like a kiva. so we called a plumber, a different one, as the first had emphysema and carried oxygen and couldn’t lift anything so i was his gopher, which is just fine, except the toilet came in one big box and was way too heavy…but managed somehow. so a good plumber…yes…i agree with Mo.

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  14. Liz Avatar

    I’m guessing that you missed the 11/26 post because you were getting ready for Thanksgiving … glad you liked it.
    And yes … my words inspired by your words

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