On Wednesday morning I had a dentist appointment, and after we stopped at Wal-Mart for a few minutes. Behind the store I spotted this small flock of turkeys. I'm not sure what they were up to. It looks like they were all preening. They were too far away to see clear. Then I thought this church steeple looked cool through the trees.

When we got home we were greeted with an ice jam on the creek behind the house. It had broken loose above us, but now was directly behind our house and the water was rising.The temperature was in the 50's and so much snow melted. Thank goodness it didn't rain very much. As it is our sump pump is running again carrying out water from the sump hole in the basement that seeps in through the ground when the creek gets high.

It's now after 10:00 Wednesday night and the ice jam has moved down stream, but it has been raining and the winds are getting pretty strong. We'll NOT have a fire in the wood stove tonight just in case we lose the electricity over night.

Have a great Thursday.

This is a shot of French Creek from the bridge about 1/8 mile from our house. There was an ice jam plugging the water at this point. Picture taken 1PM on Friday. After it poured all night Friday, the jam cleared about 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
As I write this it's 10PM Saturday night, and the creek has risen 5 feet since this afternoon. There is now low land flooding, and our sump pump has been running every 17 seconds all day pumping water out of the sump hole in our basement, BUT the basement itself is dry.

This is the creek from the opposite direction. Normally colder weather will help check the rising water, BUT right now the temp is 58º. I see by the radar there could be more rain coming too. It promises to be a long night. I will be up every few hours checking on things.

A collapsed barn from all the heavy snow we've had. There are lots of these barns around this season.

Another barn just a few miles from our house.

I didn't realize part of the window was in the view.

OK, it's now 10PM, and I'm going to get my high boots on and go down to check on the status of the rising water. When I fed the animals tonight the water was with-in 10-12 feet from the back of the barn itself.

Have a good night all, and I'll update you tomorrow. ( Sunday).