Longmont, CO

"Tree City USA"
"A Bicycle-Friendly Community"
"Overwaterer Extraordinaire"

You Are Not Looking at a Windshield

You are looking at a sidewalk (dry, I know) decorated with a tag from a reusable shopping bag (i.e. litter).
Thankfully, the tag is not adhered to the sidewalk (or a windshield–tacky).
But the irony is too great to ignore.
(No, this photo is not staged. Yes, I discarded the tag after taking the photo.)

Why Sprinkle, When You Can Geyser?

Proper watering technique:
1st - Shoot six-foot streams into the air.
2nd - Turn the sprinkler off on and in 45-second intervals.
3rd - Yell "whee" as you run around dodging sprinklers.

The Time Lapse

Initially, I thought the offense above was more amusing than egregious.

But several hours later, when we stopped at the exact same gas station, I noticed that the overwatering was still occurring.

And being the kind person that I am, I thought perhaps the wet pavement outside the Exit was due to cars shaking off the excess water from their bath.
But the sidewalks always give it away.

The Grass Is Greener In Santa Barbara

And it's not because the city is overwatering. This minor drip drip in a flower bed, plus one wet sidewalk was all I could detect of overzealous sprinkling. The temperature soared (far hotter than Boulder) and still the grass was greener and the sidewalks drier.