The pump was going on at odd times, so we finally called in the well people, the ones who fixed the pump last year. It turns out we had a leak in the pipe to the house, not in what was fixed before, therefore not covered by any kind of warranty. The workers did their thing, we paid enough for both of them to take a nice little vacation, and the pump no longer goes on when it shouldn't.
The other two results are that our water has been the color of Earl Grey tea for the past week and we have this standpipe in our front yard. It has to stick up to grade apparently. Jerry's told me twice what it's supposed to do, but somehow the information hasn't stuck.
It opens up all kinds of possibilities. We started with the idea of planting a bush in front of it to hide it. I saw a beautiful Rose of Sharon the other day that would look nice. Or we could balance a pot on top with some kind of drooping foliage and flowers; not so good if we get high winds.
On the other hand, maybe we don't want to hide it. Jerry could probably take some wire and turn it into a miniature version of a cell phone tower, the ones that are supposed to look like trees but never quite do. Or (and this was my brilliant idea), we upend a bathtub behind it, stick a L'eggs container on top, paint the pipe pale blue, and have our very own Our Lady of the Bathtub in the front yard.
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