Even though Clif and I are retired, we follow a work-week schedule because our eldest daughter Dee, who lives with us, has a traditional forty-hour a-week job. We arrange our schedule to match hers so that we can eat together and go to the movies on Saturday and Sunday. Therefore, after a free and easy weekend, Monday always comes with a bit of a thud
This Monday’s thud hit us a little harder. We woke up to find that our hot water heater had stopped working. No hot water for showers or for doing dishes. No hot water period.
It could be worse, and indeed it has been. We still have cold water, and we can flush our toilets. (Trust me, this is no small thing.) However, not having water has thrown a bit of crimp into our usual routine.
Therefore, this week’s post is shorter than usual as my husband and I tend to this and that. But hot water or not, the gardens are thriving, and a couple of pictures of green and growing plants seems like a good place to end.
Notes From the Hinterland 
Sorry to hear about the hot water trouble! I hope it’s sorted out soon.
Isn’t it good that the garden doesn’t need hot water? 😊
After looking at your fern images, I have got a small fern for my balcony.🪴
Hope your hot water is restored soon.
Sorry about the water heater. Ours died a few years back and I was shocked at what it cost us in labor to replace. Hope you’re friends with a plumber. 😉
I’m jealous of your ferns and lupine. We’re too sunny for ferns and every time I try to grow lupine the woodchucks nibble it right down to the ground.
No hot water is not fun. There are instant-on hot water heaters, some are propane, some are electric. The electric ones sound interesting.
Your gardens look beautiful, Laurie!
Snafus are so not fun. After our trip, we were faced with low water pressure, the solution at least was simple, but still not cheap! Hope yours is an easy fix. Your gardens look very lush!