The Prettiest Ditch In Haywood County

Over the coarse of two days I placed two full pallets, about seven tons of stone neatly into a roadside ditch. I was not privy to the decision that chose this portion of the solution to a significant drainage problem that involved rain runoff, a spring coming down the mountain, culverts and pipes crossing under roads and a blocked storm drain that was causing major erosion behind a dry stack boulder wall.

I just neatly placed seven tons of stone in a roadside ditch.

And I cried a little inside. This beautiful flat stone would make a perfect floor for a certain basement patio and it was being used to line a ditch.

It's the most beautiful ditch in all of Haywood County North Carolina. I didn't want to ask how much two full pallets of this two inch thick, flat, stone cost. I should. By my estimation this is just about the square footage needed for a certain basement patio, now in a ditch.

Gorgeous.

I can make do with more ephemeral forms of beauty.

More variety of crocus are appearing everyday. We had a heatwave today with a high of 72. By Thursday morning the low will be below 20. I hope the crocus get a bit of snow cover before we go that low. It will help prevent freezer burn.

So a storms a commin' and then it's back to winter. I hope it gives the prettiest ditch in Haywood County a good rinse. Those heavy flat stones will really shine after a nice power washing.

I have crocus.