Hmmmm.........IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.......!!!

 A couple of days ago Suzanne came in to share the unwelcome news there was water running on the ground out of the well head.  A few days before that one of the visitors on a tour just barely tapped the big bright blue barrel with his car bumper.  John had put the barrel over it to keep people from running into it.  Didn't think anything about it, John saw it happen and said it looked harmless.  

We have a large water tank the well fills up as needed, and sometimes it takes a day or two to run which is why we didn't know immediately that there was a problem.  Took a few days to gather up whatever replacement pipe that might be needed, so yesterday was, "THE DAY".  Suzanne and John worked all afternoon digging it out and hoping they had the right parts on hand.  Of course they had help......!!! 

 

Beefy making sure the hole is big enough to get to the broken pipe, which  was down about 2 feet.

Guess it wasn't deep enough, so time for the tractor

Buddy Brat probably making sure John knows what he's doing.  

They got it all replaced, glued up and we are now on pipe watch, waiting until the well runs water into the big tank again, to make sure it isn't leaking before John buries the pipe.  Wonder what will be next, seems like lately, almost everyday something breaks or quits.  Yesterday was also, "let's see how many golf carts we can break or run out of batteries"

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We've got some weak batteries, that John's been working around until we can get to town and get some new ones.  Yesterday 2 of the golf carts decided if they aren't getting new batteries they aren't going to run.  Unfortunately, I was giving a tour with one of the golf carts and nowhere near another one, Suzanne took time out from plumbing the well, to help with my problem, so the tour could continue.

Later on John was trying to put the only one still running into the shed to charge and the differential broke.  That's a shame because that one is our work horse cart.  Hopefully we can find the parts needed to fix it onine.  

Today Suzanne and her mom are spending the day in Tucson, this will be the first time her mom has been to Tucson.  On their way they took Charley the blind/deaf dog that showed up here last summer to have a tumor removed from his eyelid.  He won't be ready for pick-up until after 4pm, so they will be in town all day long.  Hope they find enough to keep them busy.  They had things to do and places to go, hope it's enough to last all day.   

Here's a picture of Charley, Renee took last time she was out to visit with her "Little Man Siggy".  I hope they weigh him today, to see if he's gained or lost since his last appointment.  He's been on a diet, but too many people know where the dog treats are and he doesn't look like he's lost any weight.  These cattle dogs are built stocky, but he's looking too stocky.

Tried to catch Simba a big black tomcat that's been hanging around here since he found out we feed canned cat food on the back porch.  He'd like to come in the house, but needs corrective surgery for that to happen.  I had a tenative appointment for last Tue for him to go to the vet. He'll let me pet him while he's scarfing down cat food.......BUT...... did not appreciate being scruffed by the neck and an attempt to cram him in a cat crate.  Guess we'll have to become better friends before that happens.  He hasn't tried to bite or scratch, he just wants to escape.