We visited Mum & Dad this weekend, where we got a close-up look at the unbelievable accumulation of water that results when it rains for 12 straight days.
It’s been just as perpetually precipitous here in the big city, but due to what I assume is divine intervention, there’s been very little damage, other than psychological.
This mother raccoon has been raiding my parents’ birdfeeder, and you can see how damp she is.
The lawn at their place squishes when you walk across it. The rivers and streams are all overflowing their banks. People have been evacuated in Cowansville. The Foster golf course is one giant water hazard. Waves from Brome Lake are spraying on the ashphalt on Lakeside Road.
In short, it’s wet.
Thankfully, today was supposed to be rainy, too, but so far it seems pretty sunny… and the rest of the week looks more like the May we’ve come to kow and love. Keep your fingers crossed.
nice one: “perpetually precipitous” — i like it!
Thanks! It’s always nice to have one’s bon mots appreciated.