Rain and Post-Rain

On Thursday, Phil ran errands, and by the time he was home and done with milking and such, the two inches of predicted rain had begun.

We suspect we actually had a multiple of two inches. This was no light spring mist, but a deluge. We had a friend come visit for six hours (score!) and he said there were times driving down where he could not see anything. There were times when even the trees across the clearing were hard to see. Within minutes, all the peastone outside the front door was complete covered with eroding clay.

We usually caution visitors against visiting in such rainy weather, but Phil had a good plan. Because only Jadon and Phil have good calf-high boots, we had our friend text us when he reached our road. We know it's about a ten minute drive, and so we set the timer for five minutes, then sent Jadon up with rain coat and boots. This worked well. I was glad that even in the midst of a storm, we can enjoy hospitality and fellowship.

Today the sun came out. It was gorgeous. A perfect day to jump on the trampoline (which I did for a bit). But because of the mud, it wasn't actually a great day to be outside. So we finished The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf. What a fabulous read.

Phil worked on the soffit and finally finished all the waterproofing.

That took a lot of sticky stuff!

Isaiah went around this morning and gathered all folding chairs, the table's bench, the step stool, all sleeping mats and blankets and sleeping bags, and made a fort that takes up almost the entire play room.

The boys can easily all fit, and so the four olders are having a slumber party there now.

In other news, to keep my creative output separate (is that a huge sigh of relief I hear?) I made myself a poetry blog. Feel free to visit The Hack Poetess.