Flooding and Fireworks

The river and lake near us are higher than they have been in 100 years. Many houses are flooded. The water is finally going down now but, we sure have a lot of mosquitos now!

This is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the 4th of July and the fireworks. I go to as many displays as I can. On the 5th we are going to Freedomfest, on Saturday we are going to Rythm and Booms and on the 9th we head out to Lifest.

More rain

Hmmmmm, have I mentioned rain lately? It's raining again. The ground is so saturated here that houses are falling into the rivers and lakes, one lake has disappeared as it washed away a road and flowed into the river. Here in our little corner of the world, our lake is getting higher and higher. It's as high as I've ever seen it since we've lived here, which is only 8 years but, it's pretty wet. Our yard has not been dry since last fall and has had standing water continuously, except for a couple of days, since the snow melted. The basement has water in it for the first time and the roof is leaking. My parents would love to have some of this water. They have been very dry and hot. The farmers aren't going to be able to bale the hay again this year if we don't get a break from the rain.