Two Projects (& Baby Birds!)

I'm all about marking things off of lists, but two projects I'm glad Jason & I didn't tackle this spring: 1) sodding the backyard and 2) installing gutters.  Because after being in a the middle of a marathon drought, I'm not sure either would have done us any good. 



Weed filled backyard.

In fact, Houston recently implemented water conservation measures. As an odd numbered house, we are only allowed to water the lawn on Wednesdays and Saturdays between the hours of 8 pm and 10 am. I'm not exactly sure what that means though... for instance, am I suppose to water Sunday morning before 10 am, or Saturday? Are my neighbors going to call me in if I have it wrong? Oh the pressure!

Gutterless roof.

Also, the city has been having issues with water line breaks due to the dry ground settling and cracking pipes. Our neighborhood alone has had two pretty bad main breaks in the past few weeks. Each one ran for days because the city didn't have enough crews to service all of the breaks around the city. As a result, our water pressure has been noticeably low.

If only we could divert the water from the water line breaks to our yards and trees. Speaking of trees, there has actually been a grass root effort to save the city's trees. Even in public spaces, residents have been using 5 gallon buckets with small holes in the bottom to water the trees. I'm hoping our pecan tree out front survives, because it is home to some pretty cute little guys.

Do you see what I see?

Isn't he a cute little fellow?  Not sure if he has siblings, but he does have two very protective parents.

There's mama!

Yep, we have a pair of blue jays living in the yard.  They've been friendly (so far) to us, but I've heard stories from neighbors about them dive bombing them if they're too close to their nests.  I'm just glad I got a few pictures in.

Needless to say, we could use some rain 'round these parts.