Thursday, December 11

Flooded In.

Normally, our little "creek" looks something like this:


It's deepest pool is just the right size for Em to wade in, up to her hips, and that's after a nice rain. Really, it's idyllic.

This morning, however, that spot where John and Em are, in the above picture, looked like this:



The water was a good six feet higher than usual. I couldn't get over to the other side to take a picture from the same angle, but the big tree behind John, in the first shot, can be seen just to the right of center in this picture - taken as if you stood behind him to get the shot. That water spans 50 feet between the bank of the creek and where I stood to take this shot:

(It's blurry because it was cold and rainy. It's safe to say I'd never make it as a National Geographic photographer...)

And the drive, itself, was amazing...


You know, from inside the cab of the truck. But the deepest point in that overflow atop the drive was probably almost two feet deep - a pool filled with slick clay, and water rushing headlong over the top. Nah. That stuff was really moving fast, too.

Needless to say, we found plenty to occupy our time inside today.

Kiss those babies!
~Dy

5 comments:

mere said...

Wow!

I hope that's nowhere near your house!

Soooo, is your drought over? (I seem to recall there was a lack of water last year)

Are you all feeling better?

mere

Melora said...

My word! Now you have a river! Do the boys want to go white water rafting?

Dy said...

LOL, Melora - thankfully, none of them thought that looked in the least bit appealing. *whew*

Mere - one of the things we love-love-love about this place is that the house is up near the top of a hill. It's not dead-center and exposed, but it's *well* above any floodlines. The barn's a little soggy at this point, but the house is nice and dry.

Feeling better, now. Just a little residual crankiness going about, but that's not bad. Thanks for asking. :-)

Dy

melissa said...

Wow cool pics! Is it all muck, now? We live up on top,too, and it's really cool to see just how much the creek can rise and fall in a short amount of time. The power of water is amazing, isn't it?

Anonymous said...

These pictures made me think of Bridge to Terabithia. Weird.