Too much of a good thing.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

--- John Ruskin

Even Mr. Fig is surprised!

This flood is the result of an abundance of rain, which we need so much, and it is the result of a bit of snow melt and warm weather, so we have an abundance of refreshing, exhilatating elements. The fact that I have to put waders to walk the dog is just an opportunity to get out and see the yard, it is more exercise because the boots have a felt sole that absorbs water. Heavy. When I walked out to the back I was up to my hips in water. This link shows the other side of the weir gates, and talks about the process a bit. Film crews will be onsite, again on Tuesday. 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154416235411225&id=21595906224

Not much in the way of pictures, the water is just a lot higher. Mind you, as of this writing at 9 pm everything is at least foot higher. They are now, apparently, not opening the gates until the I Street gauge says 30 feet. That is 2.5 feet higher than previous years. 

Debri field looking West past the lawn

Back step, as of 3 pm the next step up was submerged

Looking West from the corner of the house, all but 3 inches of the palm are submerged

Front, I have since moved my car up 3 more feet, water is a foot higher vertically 

The cleanup is going to take weeks because the direction of the wind is pushing debri north into the yard. But it is also depositing all sorts of interesting things. Like a treasure hunt. More to come, water and this spring, snow melt. 

One more time with feeling

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. 

--Charles R. Swindol

It is still so fascinating to watch the water slowly creep in, to hear the sounds change for a while. The birds get quiet when it first begins because they too are mindful. Because this flood event is following so closely on the heals of the other and there has been some rain, there will be less bubbling under the house - it is as if there is a huge cavern under the house that is accessed by some very small holes along where the slab meets the foundation footing - it sounds like a bubbling cauldron. In a day the water will be rushing under the floodgates on the other side of the river and it will sound like a waterfall. Most of all, I am appreciating the warmer weather, although it will bring more snow melt. I will spare you more reflection pictures unless I see something that is illustrative or just different, however, everyone will appreciate this one: a beaver felled a tree last time, just before or after the water left. about 5 - 6" in diameter. The flood water will probably detach it from the stump.

Happy New Year to all. Water is a symbol of abundance, so I feel blessed in a weird way.