Waterfall Restored

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Neighbors Jeff and D came over to put the slate pieces back that had been in disarray for years. There was a brief postponement because of an unidentified problem with the pump, so we were all aware that certain places had to be kept accessible. The most exciting time was D’s talking about her dislike of spiders because they hide under stones. Within minutes she picked up a slate and showed me the black widow spider on it. I had never seen this poisonous creature before and had no idea I was harboring such a thing in the garden. With spiders, you know there is never just one. *shudder* It escaped. *shudder*

I wanted to record Jeff’s work and took a quick series of photos that I named Decision, Placement, and Satisfaction.

The pair worked quickly and had finished in about an hour. I am so pleased to have that mess cleaned up and the waterfall shown to advantage once again. Later I glanced out of the kitchen window and stopped to admire the scene, something I will now do frequently. I will hear it every time I eat a meal on the porch.

I promised to provide a video with sound, and here it is.

A couple of hours after the work was completed, a large storm system moved in, complete with with thunder, lightning, hail (where Joyce works and at Logan’s school), and torrential rain. Lightning continued almost 24 hours, along with some rain. This is the longest rain storm I’ve ever experienced. As soon as Kacey went out the next morning, I unplugged the pump, which had quit working during the night. After the sun came out I pulled up the pump and cleaned the debris away from it before plugging it in. When that didn’t work, I checked the reset button on an outlet on the porch. A tiny red light was glowing. All I had to do was push in the button and plug the pump in again. I don’t remember how I knew a reset button was there, but it certainly saved me a lot of time and anguish. [These days most rooms in the US that have water going to them have a test and a reset button on an outlet as a safety feature. Water and electricity don’t play nicely together.]

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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22 thoughts on “Waterfall Restored”

  5. How kind and helpful of your neighbors, but then, that is what good neighbors do! I enjoyed the sound and sight of the waterfall. Quite pleasing.

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  6. That’s very peaceful – I would enjoy that as well.

    (For some reason WP has flipped out and I can no longer get posts older than a couple of days – under Reader, it says “Recent” with a checkmark and no way to remove the checkmark. I logged out and tried another browser – nope. Shut down and rebooted – nope. No words. I will try to go down to see what I missed using your blog name.)

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  7. The waterfall sound is SO relaxing. How special that your neighbors could help you! What a blessing! That storm sounded very serious! Enjoy your backyard. It IS special!!!!

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  10. Out of everything at my old house, I miss my pond most. I could put a small one in here but our yard slopes so we have a walk-out basement. If I put one in the ground I couldn’t see it from the windows. Anything with water requires a GFI outlet for safety. So glad you have it back running.

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  11. Love the sound of the fountain and loved the before/during/after images. We need to get you one of Chris’ glow-in-the-dark mobiles if you keep getting storms like that. Lightning recharges them and the pieces float around in the dark, glowing beautifully. 🙂

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