Water Color

The City of Bellingham is on a watering rotation again this year. My 'days' are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, which is why I'm watering today in spite of the drizzle. Just because I can.
My neighbors whose water is metered let their lawns go dead in July and August, which I can understand. What I don't get is that they still run lawn mowers over them every week. I haven't had my lawn mower out for six weeks, and now that I've watered, it won't get out today either. Not that my moss grows high enough to mow.
The house kitty-corner from us has short, mowed grass, but in the rocks around the trees and shrubs, grass has grown several feet tall and gone to seed. It looks bucolic, but I think by accident. To create that effect on purpose would take a lot of yard work, which I don't see them doing.
I'm all for the naturalized look. Keep the close-clipped, green grass for cemeteries. My front yard has gone to moss and violets with just a few hardy tufts of grass fighting their way through. If I didn't need space to play badminton, I would scatter some ferns around and retire the lawn mower forever. It would still get watered, though. Even on drizzly days.
Nancy Sherer