dark water

Our home and the neighboring abodes had no running water from noon until 2:30am yesterday. I guess it had finally been brought to the city's attention that this not-going-away puddle in the middle of the nearby intersection might mean a busted pipe. There's still a big hole in the middle of the street, but at least we have water now, although it seems to be of a darker appearance than is normal

That reminded me of the time, almost exactly two years ago, when we noticed a huge puddle in our backyard. Ah, the fun of digging thru very wet and very cold mud as I tried to find where our watering system had broken...