With A Crash and Bolt of Lightning, The Rain Came

With a crash, followed by driving rain and lots of lightning, I was pulled from sleep in the wee hours of the morning. We knew we were going to have serious rain with high winds, but the times kept getting switched from 1:00 am onward. In reality, it hit sometime shortly after 3:00 am and lasted for 30-45 minutes before moving onward. DH awakened and moved through the house, checking to make sure we weren't flooding (we've had flooding issues with hard rains in the past). Everything seemed fine, so he went back to bed. I didn't even bother getting up. 

We had been having overflow problems in high
rains, so we picked out larger rocks to frame the
channel with and increased the depth and height of
the banks with more river gravel to
control the water flow. Of course, a hard
rain so soon after he reseeded the
grass probably toasted the new sprouts, 
but we'll know more after the sun
rises and we can take a closer look. 

He's been working on the drainage along our eastern side, between the house and the creek. Last Sunday we pulled the rocks from the bed of our drainage passage and deepened and raised the bank where we had overflow problems. We got about half-way on Sunday and he finished the job as far as he could yesterday. His back is killing him now - it's a lot of work. But he really did a beautiful job. 

I love attending the MN Renaissance Festival. It's
grounds and layout are almost like a second home
at the end of summer, early fall. We start out with
temps in the 80's and 90's and end up with
temps in the 60's and 70's. We always have a
good time. 

I emailed the folks at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and they moved our season tickets from 2020 to 2021. The new tickets were emailed to me yesterday and I've printed them out. I'll grab a file folder for them from the shop today so I don't lose them, and we'll be set. We'll probably attend this year's Fest at least once, but now we won't be "obligated" to attend every week. I'm hesitant to commit to the event with COVID still very much a presence. 

So, that's about it for what's happening in my life right now. Hopefully the new waterflow channel did the trick and we'll be set on our Eastern side. It would be one less thing on the to-do list and one less thing to worry about. Have a wonderful weekend, be safe, be kind, and please, wear a mask!