Yard

I thought this would be a quick, boring fix. The kind where you schedule a thing, write a check, and never think about it again.

It started with a smell.

Not sewage. Not “call someone now.” More like wet cardboard and cold concrete and the annoying little question: is the dehumidifier full or is the basement just… like this now.

Then I walked outside after a normal rain and stepped into the back corner and my shoe did that suction-cup sound. You know the one. The dog thought it was great. I did not.