it's snowing

handsome henry

heavy rain

we had about 3 1/2 hours of very heavy rainfall yesterday afternoon/early evening.  staal and i were out in it cutting trenches with shovel and hoe to divert water away from the back of the mill office and house.  the corner of the slab in the back room is a little damp inside this morning but that's about it.  our property is flanked by creeks on the east and west sides and both of them exceeded the drainage capacity of their 3ft diameter culverts and overflowed onto triangle rd for a little while.  happy our house is on high ground and happy the rain stopped when it did.

got a few photos and a short video...

creek on west side overflowing onto triangle rd

taken this morning from roughly the same view as above photo

triangle rd from the end our driveway looking southwest

taken this morning from roughly the same view as above photo

taken this morning standing in west creek looking south to triangle rd.  this is the "pond" from first photo

taken this morning in west creek looking south to triangle rd.  3ft diameter culvert, creek bottom is roughly 8ft below triangle rd

video taken during the storm (apologies for shakiness of image...was walking pretty quickly while shooting).

things are nice and calm today and we may even get a little sunshine later on.

a life together

we wrote a poem
together
about a life we'd live
now we write a life
living the poetry of it
together
day by day

for my brother

message

a message
left on the front step
written in ice
we both wonder
what it could mean

snow melt

last night's snow is melting fast in the morning sun, making rain under all the trees.

short video: