Memphis' Wet Season

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I'd rather have mid-Missouri's weather right now. Mom and Dad can keep their inches of power-outage ice. But when your backyard looks like the Mississippi delta... I don't really think it's unfair to wish for drier days.

Aaron and I, of course, have plans to landscape the backyard to help alleviate the swampage, but we really don't want to channel that amount of cash flow there when we're also trying to decorate a house and save up for a fawn. Still, it's difficult to look out my breakfast room to such a view and not acknowledge that something needs to be done, and quickly. Eventually, we're wanting to convert that back slope into a garden/waterscape with layered pools, stepping stones, waterfalls, and plants. Due to the bowl shape of our yard, we'd have to take into account the rain overflow. This would involve tapering the yard so that the rain drains to a creek winding alongside the right of our yard and leading into the city's drainage system. Because our backyard is fenced in, we'd probably also have to either end this creek in another pool which could act as the base of our waterscape system or take the "creek" underground so that pipes could channel the water the rest of the way to the street.

Which bank we'll rob to fund this project is still on the table. Even with Dad, Aaron, and I doing the majority of the work and thus eliminating a huge chunk of labor expenditure, the sheer quantity of rock and supplies would be intense. That, and I really don't want to mess with the Collierville board for permission to drain directly into their sewer system.

So I guess that for the foreseeable future, Aaron and I simply have to come to terms with this lovely swampy view.