Rain ... Glorious Rain!

To paraphrase a line from Oliver (Food .... Glorious Food) we just enjoyed 4 days of rain! We need far more, but this was a start. As the weather folks say, the 'storm door is open.' We hope it stays open for several more days. 

To give you an idea, here's a picture of our pond right before the storm. 

Notice the dry vegetation and the trees. Also note the narrowness of the pond. 

Granted this picture was not taken in the exact spot (I could not get there as it was just too muddy) but you can see how the vegetation has changed...a tree is down and the reeds in the background are beat up. The storm had significant wind. More importantly, the pond is wider. Water is now on the shelf where it hasn't been in months. 

In addition, the creek feeding the pond has some water in it too. 

If the weather folks are correct, we have another storm coming on Wednesday. Bring it on! Generally, we have 18 inches of rain by now, this year we have less than 4.