Day not taken off

Members of Moristotle's staff were out on the grounds admiring mushrooms early this morning, and that reminded one of us that there was a cut drain pipe in the front yard that needed to be repaired. (The pipe had been installed too shallowly and had been cut by a lawn-edging machine.)

We collected the tools required—a shovel, a spade, a trowel, some buckets, a hacksaw, gloves, and a roll of duct tape—and started to work. One of us took photographs of the project.

Cut in pipe exposed

Damaged section removed (with the hack saw)

Not only did we have to cut out a small section of pipe and reconnect the whole thing with a piece purchased the day before at Lowe’s Home Improvement, but we also had to dig enough soil out from beneath the pipe to lower it a few inches—to be out of the reach of the lawn edger.

More soil removed to facilitate lowering the pipe

More pipe cut out for
inserting connector

Pipe ends and connector taped
and held down with staple fashioned from a coathanger

Soil and sod and drainage rocks replaced--project complete!

We were of course distracted from producing today’s post, but we figured we could at least post evidence that we hadn’t simply taken the day off from our mission to celebrate life on earth.

Life is good, work and all! And that isn’t ironic.