Surprise! Surprise! I was able to sneak online. With any luck, I'll even be able to get a blog post made.
Thunderstorms moved into our area Monday evening. Abundant lightning forced us to shut down and unplug the computer. By midnight two or three squall lines had passed through and all was quiet. However, the rain drowned out our telephone again. The telephone outages are effecting several of our neighbors too. Obviously, there's a problem with something getting wet that should stay dry, and it isn't being permanently repaired. (Grumble, grumble at the telephone company.) The phone started working again mid-morning.
Overnight we received a total of 1.8" or rain. Jo was able to take the dogs on their regular morning walk during a lull between storms. Mid-morning brought another thundershower. There wasn't much lightning or strong winds, but it really rained. We picked up another 2.25" before noon. These photos were taken during that downpour.
The photo above shows the little winter creek at the back of our yard.
Where the creek comes under the fence is normally about a foot wide.
The front yard normally doesn't have a creek running through it. I hope it doesn't wash away my firewood.
After another lull it is raining heavily again. I hear thunder moving in too and need to get off the computer. With any luck I'll get this posted.
