duly noted
Written on 10 January 2005 | Posted in crazy little house | 1 Comments
Such kind words for Clapotis, thank you!
Today is the feast day of William of Bourges, an austere gentleman who, in 1200, was selected as Archbishop of Bourges by the very sacrosanct method of, not divine intervention, but the picking up of lots. That’s right, the writing of names on bits of parchment. How very secular!
Did you clean out your eavestroughs and downspouts last Fall? We didn’t. And, as a result, we had a little puddle in the basement last week. You see, there is a catchment area in the corner of our house, a great little catchment area, as catchment areas go, that fills with a great, big body of water when there is no where for thawing snow to run off to. And so, when we had the thaw last week, some of that great, big body of water made its way into the basement, and so there was sopping and mopping of water with towels and mops, and the whole thing took us about 4 hours to drain, and the only reason I’m mentioning this is because it has since snowed again, and to-morrow, another great thaw comes our way. If you need me, I’ll be in the basement with a bucket.
One would do well to eat all one’s leafy vegetables and clean out one’s eavestroughs.
Poor you. That sucks. Big time. We had a leak during the thaw too – through the light fixture over our sink. Now we do dishes by candlelight. (Actually, we dragged a lamp into the kitchen.) I can’t want for my “real home.” Happy mopping.
11 January 2005 @ 10:56