From: justisaur@yahoo.com   
      
   On 12/20/2023 7:30 AM, Richard Silk wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 12:11:10 PM UTC-6, Justisaur wrote:   
   >> On 12/19/2023 6:32 AM, Richard Silk wrote:   
   >    
   >>> Did you ever figure out what this dream was about? (Sounds like a   
   relationship issue.)   
   >>>   
   >> As the person who responded to me said, I had a problem with my back   
   >> yard. Mainly being a large muddy mess of weeds that went uphill and   
   >> drained onto my back porch. That's 2 moves ago, and best forgotten.   
   >>   
   >> I've got plenty of problems with the current house and yard... which   
   >> also seems to drain onto the back porch to some extent, but at least   
   >> it's not muddy.   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > Hmmm... there's a bit to be said there regarding "Feng Shui" (   
   ikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui) (AKA "Chinese geomancy") that explains topography   
   as a matter of *energy flow,* and whether someone ways "that's a load of   
   hooey" or "that's really helped!" the    
   fact remains, that water always follows the path of least resistance, and   
   always rests at the lowest point.   
   >   
   > My mom and dad lived on a [soggy lot] (prone to standing water at times of   
   heavy rains) back when I was born, and when a mouse fell out of a cereal box   
   my mother had just taken out of the cabinet, that was *it*.  They moved to   
   where I've lived ever    
   since (except for my "prodigal years") and it sits on a lot that is *2nd*   
   highest on this side of the street.   
   >   
   > So water flows from the middle of the the neighborhood (*nearly* like an   
   oval, like a race horse track, *right close to* 1 mile in circumference) just   
   like from the top of a turtle shell.  The water from the middle of the 'hood   
   flows into the street,    
   and the gutters carry that down-slope.   
   >   
   > The water from the neighbor's lot (to the south of this lot) flows across   
   our yard, sure, yet out lot continues flowing down-slope to the north as well   
   as eastward (street-side) and down-slope of the back yard (out to the school's   
   field.)  That is to    
   say, the flow of water (Feng Shui, as well) results in the condition of "my   
   cup runneth over" (yet no "flooding" / standing water.  The garage is a newer,   
   separate issue.)   
   >   
   > OK, here's the suggestion:  plant two willow trees (one at each corner of   
   the back porch) and those two "nature's sponges" will *sop up* **any** water   
   that accumulates near the porch.   
      
      
   Unfortunately (or fortunately) the back yard is very small, and   
   dominated by a pool, a willow would be too much.  The water does   
   eventually drain, it just has maybe an eighth inch on the cement back   
   porch that pools there, and only really when there's heavy rain.  It's   
   not my hugest concern with the place currently, which is too long a list.   
      
   Thanks for the effort.   
      
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