More Water

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.   - Toni Morrison

March 12, 2016

I am glad I know what to expect. The first time the water came into the yard like this was a Christmas Eve in 2010. I knew it was going to happen, but having never experienced it before, I was in awe. it was about 2:00 am, and i was coming back from the bathroom, looking down from the house. Then I noticed some dark shapes moving around down in this same open space. Raccoons! It had just flowed in when I saw them. Mom was looking for grubs and other goodies. The two kits, however, were having a blast playing in the water. It was one of the best Christmas presents ever.

March 12, 2016

If you have been here, then you know that the property goes left and right for about 150 ft. This year we are only getting about 6 inches to a foot of water to cover it all. I am grateful for the trees. The clean up however can be labor intensive, but not as time sensitive as this up surge was. The wind usually blows in from the south west which is about where the flood gates are. Any thing that floats is likely to get blown in, pushed around and possibly deposited when the water recedes.Just as a reference: The house sits at a diagonal to the cardinal point on a compass. The corners are North, South, East and West. 

Onward and upward.