Ruby Slippers, Clear Skies, Looking like a Drowned Rat, and My Stream,

This is what it has felt like

for the past two days.

But, I don't have ruby slippers.

Seriously, I am over these

storms, as I am sure a lot

of other folks are.

We are not done yet 

either, not supposed to 

let up till Sunday.

I know my girls are

tired of being put

in their carriers and 

moving to a safe spot.

The pic below was taken

on Tuesday night, the 

night before the storms 

moved in. My thoughts, 

the storms will move out

and we will have clear

skies again.

 

There was a little time

on Thursday morning that

it was not raining. 

I went out to work on 

the weather worn stream 

that appears at the tree line

when it rains. 

I found that my reroute 

a couple weeks ago did not

take with the amount of

rain we have had. So, I went

out to reroute the reroute.

I widened the sides of the 

stream and dug it deeper, banked

the mud from what I dug out, on the 

sides to prevent the stream from

working its way into the yard.

I worked for about 30 mins or more,

then just as I had had enough, it 

started to rain and I came in.

Ten mins later the bottom fell

out and it was pouring, I went

to deck to check things

out, the reroute on 

the reroute did not work.

Above pic is the garage 

that the man that used to live

there had built, I think that is

adding to my issue for sure.

And the pic below is

nothing like the steam looked

like while it was pouring. 

It was a mess. 

I also cleaned dead leaves

away from Carrie's (neighbor)

fence so that water could 

flow better. Leaves were all

over the fence, blocking

things up.

Afraid that at some point, 

after the other work is done

to the front yard, I will need 

to hire this dug out and some

type of banking done to avoid

this sort of mess. Ben, the guy

working on the front and my

retaining wall said he could

do that and he can also clean

up the forest floor of the 

downed trees.

Ben comes HIGHLY 

recommended by the builder

of my home. He does

the work for him once the 

houses are finished. 

Being I grew up and lived

most my life in the same 

area, one big issue of moving

to BFE, was not knowing who

to go to for what. It's nice

to have Michael (builder) 

as a go to for things like this.

I hope you all that

are going through what

we are here in TN., are

all fine and hanging in

there. 

Take care, 

stay safe,

Pam