My first request! I hope I'm able to do it justice.
So I have a backyard. It's partially fenced in, because if it were fully fenced in, it'd be far too convenient. Also, I started painting it before winter got here, decided I didn't like the color, and stopped. Now it looks like the home of a hobo who still dreams of the time he worked in the circus.
Yeah. This is...something.
One "odd" feature of my house is the number of lights. There are lights everywhere, on every corner, in every flower bed. I think one of them still work. Everytime I dig somewhere I run into a cord that's been partially buried, again, in the flower beds. There are even lights going out to the corners of the property. One light has been partially consumed by a tree, long before I ever owned the place. It's an impressive testament to paranoia, I will say that. The odd thing is there used to be a cornfield next door where there's now a park. So I guess it was a lot more isolated back then? Who knows.
So one day I'll landscape it properly. I'll take the wood up, put in a nice swing, plant some flowers. One day. Unfortunately I can never figure out what I should put down instead of the wood edging, I don't care for any of the freestanding swings, and I have no idea what sort of plant would look good here. I did buy a holly bush one year. Neglected to plant it. Not as hardy as you would think apparently! I do have those two knock out roses though by the air conditioner. They actually do all right somehow, even if I do forget I have them.
For a crawlspace update, I've ran a pump for about twelve, nonconsecutive hours. It's as dry as it's going to get, which is to say, it's not very dry, but at least I can get in there without donning my scuba gear. I hope my sump pump comes soon, because it's supposed to rain most of this week. From what I've been reading on the internet, it's important to call a professional crawl space company to come out and evaluate it. I'm not convinced. I'm thinking a new pump and maybe a dehumidifier for the short term will solve this problem. If not, then I'll just be breathing penicillin all day, and that can't possibly be bad for you!