Five Inches Rain

In the previous post, I mentioned a thunderstorm moved in last evening. Well, it rained all night........five inches! The photo below shows the "creek" waterway on our farm, being filled with water rushing down from the fields.

Our farm "takes water" from many surrounding farms. Husband had our "creek" waterway excavated last fall, but last night's rain was too much even for the deeper creek bed. When Husband's grandfather purchased this farm back in the mid-1950's, it was considered one of the worst farms in the county, due to its situation of being so wet and having sandy soil. Many, many strings of tile put in over the years have helped resolve the drainage problem. Except, of course, when it rains this much in a short period of time!

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I walked down the road to take a gander at the real creek our "creek" waterway dumps into. Its like a lake today!

Below shows a pair of some type of sandpiper, I think. At least someone enjoys the extra water in the fields!

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I was anxious to check out the robin's nest on the shoulder of the road, to see if it survived last night's deluge. I'll report the findings in the next post. There's good news and bad news.......prepare yourselves......

P.S. - School was dismissed at 10:30 this morning because the Wapsipinicon River is rising, threatening to overtake some roads near the school. Do you think my son was disappointed.......NOT!