Heavy Rains, Stormy Night

Stormy Dawn Sky

We had another heavy rain storm last night, though not as much rain as the previous day, about 7/10ths of an inch so far.  Lots of lightning and thunder, plus a few warnings of possible tornadoes made it difficult for Evie to sleep.  I was up at 4:30, worried about our dock, the high lake level,  but so far, the dock appears fine though the lake is up to the runners.  We'll have to see what happens today after the streams and run offs fill the lake.  Rain is expected almost every day for the next four or five days, so we will have to wait and see if the forecast holds true.  It' 60 degrees, high in the 70's later today.

The lawn is soaked, soggy to my foot steps, and I had to scare off more Canadian geese this morning.  Because of the high lake level, they can just walk up on our lawn, making a mess if I let them.  Today looks like it will be partly cloudy, though it will be hard to work outside in the yard because it's so wet.

This morning has been warm, partly sunny, with more rain expected later.  I have made two trips to pick up gravel, as we fight to keep our yard from being swamped with water from our neighbors road and yard, perhaps a fruitless task but like Sisyphus, I trudge on, filling holes, building stone dikes.