"Turn Around Don't Drown"

Wednesday night we got 4" of rain out at our place. This made our usually dry creek much more full than normal, then the pipes under the road clogged with debris. I walked the dog before light and could hear somthin a roarin down that way. When a neighbor drove down to the crossing with his headlights on I could see that the level was around 2 ft over the road. I went back to the house grabbed the flashlight and went down into the back woods behind our house to see how high the water was. I did not get far before I saw that the entire woods had been flooded, but the water level was already dropping. This was still 6 ft below our house and 30 ft away. So I had to work from home. The water slowed down enough to get out around 1pm but was still running over the road until that night. Today the creek is running very clear and quick. We have another big storm coming so maybe I will get to stay home another day!

I think I smell bacon...

The little pig that frequented our yard in the fall of 07 decided to make a reappearance. As you can see in the picture he came back in a big way. The first night he tore up all the field grass under the tree. The next night he crossed the line when he went for the nice grass. We laid down long sections of fencing to help protect the rest of the lawn, which stopped him the following night from doing any more damage. I found out that there is no season for these creatures and they can be "exterminated" if need be all year round. He would taste nice in my frying pan...mmmmm...Bacon...