What Goes Around. . .

Quite a few people in our subdivision turned their sprinkling systems on, some started six weeks ago. After a freeze or two, several people spent last weekend repairing busted pipes.

I want warm weather too but I refused to turn my sprinklers on that early. A few days ago, the front lawn needed some water so I decided to do it the “old fashion” way. I drug out the hose and attached a sprinkler.

Before long, a little four-year-old neighbor girl came running over yelling, “Hi Ralph! Is that a new sprinkler? I’ve never seen one like that before!”

I generally try not to lie to four year olds. They’re old enough to handle the truth. I told her I’ve had that sprinkler for a long time (about fifteen years).

Then she did just what you would expect, she stuck her hand in the stream of water . . . and then her foot. You could tell from the glimmer in her eye she wanted to run through it. Fearing the wrath of her mother, I thought this would be a good time to send her home.

It also got me thinking about how fast things are changing, and how eventually everything comes back into style. Well. . . maybe not everything.