I’m down in Florida for a quick repair holiday – problems
with the water pump – which turned out to be simple – it fixed itself. When I
left last time, I brought the trash out to the shed before I left and I heard
water running. It’s 4 AM and I’m up to get stuff ready for the airport and
shutting down the house. So I rush back in and get a flashlight to see where
the leak is and it is the big tank where the water from the submersible pump is
sprayed to get rid of the smelly gases – it’s overflowing like a waterfall over
the entire top. I try finding the fuse for the pump but don’t succeed so I just
turn off the main supply valve shutting off all the house water and the big
tank and said I’ll worry about it on the next trip. I figured it would be float
valve inside the tank and that I’d just have to replace it. Well this is the next trip and I open up the
top of the big spray tank and find the float valve and move it a couple of
times and all seems OK so I open the main valve and let water fill it back up –
the spray arm starts turning around and the float starts to rise and shut off
the water. The float arm seems to be hitting the support for the spray and is
stopping it from shutting off the water completely – a little adjustment with a
pair of pliers and it seems to fix the problem – it couldn’t be that simple
could it – only time will tell.
So before I start my landscaping jobs, I walk around and
enjoy all the new flowers – there’s Polly Hibiscus
Another pretty yellow one – in fact all the hibiscuses have
flowers on them – too bad they only last a day.
These are Maui Ixias (or something like that) that we planted.
So everything looks OK – except what is this weaving a web
in the corner of the pool screen house
It’ the biggest spider I’ve ever seen - a good 4 inches
across
Just in this one corner there are two big ones and a half a
dozen small ones.
And they aren’t alone; they have mates everywhere with huge
webs across every walkway and every tree. The spider usually anchors one end of
its web to the ground and the other to a tree so the webs could be 10 to 15
foot tall – and now comes the terror – I have to mow all the lawns and paths –
spiders everywhere – webs being torn down by the tractor if I’m lucky or by my
head if I’m not too lucky. After every bout of mowing, I strip down, shake out
my cloths and jump in the pool and yes there is usually a floating spider after
I’m done. Look on the good side – I guess they aren’t poisonous since I’m able
to write this – ugh that was some tough mowing.
