Drenching

4/02/07 - 2nd Day - After Breakfast.


We received over 4 1/4 inches of rain last week, half of it coming in just a few hours on the 5th day. It rained so hard at one point that we caught 5 gallons of water out of just our front catchwater spout in 21 seconds. As you can see from the picture, our pond overflowed and the dam we built last summer was breached a bit. In the pic you can see the pond spilling over the dam into the creek.



Here is a picture of the creek overflowing its banks. This is from the "outflow" of the pond, towards the east. This creek flows into our neighbors lake.



Here is a pic of Josie's creek, with her unfinished cabin in the background.



Here is another pic of the creek flowing under the bridge across it we built for Josie.


Here is the creek as it heads across my property.

We now have over 2200 gallons in our catchwater system (it holds 2500), which is more than 1000 gallons more than we have ever had in it. This should give us a really good start to the year, and we are very grateful for it.

If you are waiting on details and updates on Ranchfest, I should be posting an update this afternoon on BiblicalAgrarianism.com so stay tuned.

Your servant in Christ Jesus,

Michael Bunker