Gentle Soaking Rain........

...........Or Not.......
......and I'm not complaining......

.....But five inches of rain in a short time, has to go somewhere........

Here it makes an island of the Shetland barn....

.....a River of the path to the garage

.....Boone's pen and house a pond, with toys floating pathetically around....

Should I go save 'em Mom? Or will you buy me new ones?
(Boone in the backyard)

'Flood waters' breach the hastily constructed barriers to the breezeway

Here is the backyard again--6-10 inches of water--and I know where it went!Right into the backroom of my house! Flood control at work in the house.

.....But I ain't complaining (much), just a little tired! I was taking a vacation day today, so was really glad I was home. Having a pretty nice little day too, sorting things out for a garage sale, listening to the gentle rain on the roof. Still listening as the gentle rain turned into a drumming down pour. Then I realized my hallway and back room were flooding. In what is a blur now, I went out into the down pour and dug some trenches to try and divert water, piled more straw and dirt against the back outside wall to create a dam, put extra 2 x 4's across the breezeway moldings to add more height, moved everything that might get damaged away from the back wall, mopped and sopped with numerous towels to stop the slow spread of the water across the back rooms, and killed a bunch of ants that were moving to high ground. (I think this backs up my theory! ha)

The rain is mostly gone now, and I think those first 2 or 3 inches really soaked in so that should help a great deal. We are in for 'sauna time' now as the humidity climbs. But we got rain, by golly!