Bolting up from your pillow to the sound of a loud crash/thud from downstairs: Not so good.
Walking downstairs to see a pile of moldy, sodden drywall at the foot of the stairs, and a gaping hole in the ceiling with water steadily emptying from it: Bad. Trust me on this one.

The only thing that made it not-quite-awful was that it was not-quite-surprising. Last week we noticed a pretty serious drip coming from the ceiling. Since then we've been waiting for a break in the deluge to get outside, on the roof, to figure out from where the darn leak is coming. But the rain has been nothing if not persistent. The odd thing is that the roof that fell in is on the 1st floor. There isn't any roof directly above it at all. Which is somewhat worrisome as it makes us think that the water is getting in on the 2nd floor, then seeping between the concrete wall and the stucco, to arrive at the first floor. Somewhere down the line we can look forward to either more damage or some mold issues. Yippee.

But all this rain seems to have an upside as well! A few months back we saved some plumeria that someone else had thrown away by the side of the road. With all this fresh water, the clippings seem to have rooted very well and one has already blossomed! There is another plant that is trying to bloom as well. I guess that this is part of the the old "silver lining" for which we should be on the lookout.

Labels: garden, tamarindo, weather

# posted by Steve Broyles @ 9/05/2008 06:21:00 AM