Our pond is back!
I'm not trying to say that the life and property losses from the flooding this past weekend are something to make light of, I'm just saying that every cloud has a silver lining (no "rain" pun intended).
We have a little pond here out in the woods. It is spring fed, and during the spring thaw, there is even a little waterfall where it spills over into a culvert under the logging road. Last month it dried up roughly the same time our well did. The well we fixed, but the empty pond was just plain depressing to see.
Well all of this rain we had over the weekend filled it back up! Most of it is pretty shallow, only a foot or two deep, but in the front corner of it is a hole that was dug with a backhoe by the previous owner to make it easier to dip water from it for his pigs. The hole is just about jaccuzi sized and nearly chest deep.
It took a little doing, but I managed to talk Wendy into jumping into it with me yesterday afternoon for a "polar bear" type dip. Actually, it was 55 degrees, so it was more like polar bears in training. Even Caleigh tried it, but being smarter than both of her parents, she only went in ankle deep!
We've been hustling here trying to get all of the current orders shipped. Sometimes a little flakyness is needed to keep life exciting. All work and no play makes Pete a dull boy.
We have a little pond here out in the woods. It is spring fed, and during the spring thaw, there is even a little waterfall where it spills over into a culvert under the logging road. Last month it dried up roughly the same time our well did. The well we fixed, but the empty pond was just plain depressing to see.
Well all of this rain we had over the weekend filled it back up! Most of it is pretty shallow, only a foot or two deep, but in the front corner of it is a hole that was dug with a backhoe by the previous owner to make it easier to dip water from it for his pigs. The hole is just about jaccuzi sized and nearly chest deep.
It took a little doing, but I managed to talk Wendy into jumping into it with me yesterday afternoon for a "polar bear" type dip. Actually, it was 55 degrees, so it was more like polar bears in training. Even Caleigh tried it, but being smarter than both of her parents, she only went in ankle deep!
We've been hustling here trying to get all of the current orders shipped. Sometimes a little flakyness is needed to keep life exciting. All work and no play makes Pete a dull boy.
posted by MVTCoPete | 12:05 AM
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