What a Storm!!!

Wow, we really had a screaming storm this week. We had a nice steady rain most of the week, however we woke up to a beautiful snow yesterday am, but then it switched to rain. Yesterday was the worst, we had to dig a ditch around the back porch to keep it from getting flooded. We routed all the water down into the garden, and then had an overflow into the big juniper tree and flower bed below the garden. It was raining steadily, so we were pretty drenched by the time it was thru.

It was after that I noticed we had a leak in the front room, water was literally running down the north wall. David was out of town, but luckily Nic was here, so he helped me dig the ditches and then he and Norm climbed up on the roof, dragging a huge black plastic sheet. The wind kicked up while they were covering the roof, so it was a pretty crazy time up there. I could here the thumping and banging as they struggled to set the plastic, and hold it down with bricks and pallets. It worked, the leaking stopped, and now we have to figure out how to fix the roof. We just had it redone last winter, so it's probably someplace the flashing isn't set right or something. Auugh!

My silly chickens didn't have the sense to get out of the rain, so they were pretty soggy by the end of the day. Gina helped me run them into the hutch about 5 pm, their feathers were soaked, they looked sopping wet, but they didn't want to go it, until I put some goodies in there to eat. Stupid chickens!

We probably got 3 inches or rain over the past few days, maybe that much just yesterday, who knows? At least we are high ground and didn't have to evacuate. People close to the Verde river and Oak creek were encouraged to get out yesterday, and they are supposed to peak at above flood level tonight. I won't complain, we sure need the moisture. Maybe this is the year the drought will finally ease up.