DC Water is replacing the lead pipes in our street (part of a citywide program) and offered homeowners replacement of the pipes leading to their houses free of charge. Although in the past we haven’t wanted to go through all disruption, we finally gave in and signed up for the replacement since they were actually working on our block. They dug up our garden but then said we have a galvanized pipe leading to the house rather than lead, so it wasn’t urgent and that they’d come back later (and do it all over again). I was relieved but hope our crape myrtle survives the excavation, although I have my doubts.

Even the police got into the doggy spirit, posted earlier: