pieces and ponderings

I didn’t know that there are such things as “Hose Washers.”  Okay…well…maybe I’ve seen them before on garden hoses sometime in my life, but I didn’t realize what they were, the way they could make life easy or brighten my day.  They now have a real meaning in my relaxation therapy daily ritual of watering plants.

My husband brought home the little package of “Hose Washers” last night; along with a new “Kink Control” heavy duty garden hose “with TRIPLE FRAME TECHNOLOGY” that controls hose “kinks better than regular hoses” and even does this in Spanish also according to its packaging.  I’ve never been so excited about a garden hose.  But, since one of our hoses has so many breaks in its vinyl cover that it actually folds in multiple places, stopping the floe of aqua to my flower bed, I was very excited over his new purchase.  This new hose has a 7 year warranty!  Can you believe that?!

Back to the “Hose Washers.”  The “Hose Washers” are for another hose, which has no breaks in its vinyl covering, but has gotten into the nasty habit of leaking at the spicket of the house and where it is attached to a spray nozzle.  “It didn’t leak this way last summer,” I recently informed my husband, with realizing that there was a simple remedy to the hemorrhaging hose ends.

So this morning I installed the cleverly thought up invention of “Hose Washers” and proceeded to test them out.  The just-yesterday-spraying-dripping-leaking hose performed much better with its new “Hose Washers” and I am delighted…Who knew?…I didn’t.

Side note:  I must also tell you about the third gadget my husband bought, along with the “Kink Control” hose and the amazing “Hose Washers.”  He brought home to his spoiled wife, a spraying wand…with multiple settings.  Listen to the many ways I can now send water unhindered through my “Kink Control” garden hose:  There is the “shower” setting (my personal favorite for plant watering, not too hard or too soft, but just right).  There is the “soaker” setting (not sure what exactly that one is for, but figure that my kids will discover its meaning and use it on siblings).  There is the “rinse” setting, which sends a strong stream of water in any direction you point.  The “power wash” setting, which is the “rinse” setting on steroids, and makes me feel like wearing a cape when using it.  Then there is the “bucket filler” setting, which I’ve never seen described before on a watering wand, but has been much needed by many a driveway-car-washing-enthusiast.

I can now look forward to the summer knowing I’m equipped and prepared to handle the watering tasks ahead.