Sorry the outage is dragging on, but great that you are able to use your backup systems, well done!

Big news at mi casa is the water system no longer has air in it. My fantastic neighbor pulled off the raggedly little tank shack and started excavating the pipe from well to tank. I then watered, and noticed a slow leak from a ring-type hose clamp while the hose was on. Aha! The smoking gun at last! Well, by the time the whole shallowly buried run was dug out, there were eight clamps visible, all mineralized from leaking.

One new flexible pipe now stands in for all that junk, temporarily, and in July we will redo the top of the well and repipe properly.

The drought drags on here, but one prickly pear has put out a new ear in response to a couple of waterings.

I'm losing days to nonsense, trying to get kitted out for a family wedding in June. One very long day devoted to serious search-and-destroy-mission shopping. Yuck. And let's just say what's on offer in the borderland is more suited to a sparkly fiesta than a Minnesota wedding!