Day 3 - 193 -- Big Rain

It has been a wet Monday. It began raining before supper last evening and then poured -- like POURED -- overnight and into the early morning. I left the house mid-morning and it was still lightly raining. It ended by mid-afternoon. The sun is expected tomorrow. The late afternoon and early evening were quite windy -- close to gale force winds. It is likely they are blowing in the higher pressure system that is to dominate for the rest of the week.

The parking lot beside our office building has been in development for a month. The drainage pipes were laid and then the ground packed and dug and packed and dug. Last week they were digging in one  part of the land and added new fill and packing. Interestingly, there was a sizable puddle there after some lighter rain on Friday. Today, after the major rain of Friday night and last night, there is a pond that is likely deep enough to allow us to stock it with trout. Now, they will be back to work likely tomorrow or Wednesday when the engineers will revisit the drainage issue. As it sits, after a big rain, cars would be partly submerged -- enough to get water inside of the vehicle. They have about six weeks to complete the area and still be on time and able to accommodate the students from the residences in the vicinity.

I have found the cooler temperatures of the past few days to be wonderful. I even felt the rain and wind were pleasant. They made me smile. Those around me are just waiting for sun and heat, but not me. So, the selection I chose for today was the first song about rain that sounded happy and upbeat that came to mind. That, too, made me laugh. Enjoy!

It's Raining Men -- The Weather Girls

.