23-Bye-bye Green!

     We are gearing up for our Mid-West Mystery Tour; last minute instructions for our son, last minute 'blogging' advice from our son.  With all the hubbub, I knew a decision had to be made about the yard.  

     I love my yard!  My glass-topped table on the patio has the umbrella that keeps warmth in, brightness out.  The green is spectacular!  Built-up, rearranged, nursed and coddled, I take wonderful pleasure in a world of lush, moist surroundings.
     Now I am entering a season where pleasure is denied!  The water crises is creeping into San Luis Obisipo.  Slowly it comes, like moving molten lava; slow and devastating!  It first crept in over Facebook.  I have a highly respected relative, a PhD scientist.  She blogged that brown is the new green.  She is proudly converting her front lawn to desert wasteland.  
     We just said goodbye to two house guests from the Valley.  They said they were doing laundry for a neighbor whose well water ran dry.  Now I know the Coast and the Valley feed from different water tables.  But how about a little SOLIDARITY!  
     To top it off, Lady Gaga had a front page article telling us not to shower! (or at least not alone!!)
     Man is resourceful, but only God makes rain.  If you believe that, you must believe only God withholds rain.  He did it in the past, and He is doing it now!  I have been following a 65 year old paradigm that says 'more green, more fun!'  Now I am turning off my lawn sprinklers.  At the tender age of 65, I begin the search for a new paradigm, wondering  which comes first; a new paradigm or the latter rain?