who'll stop the rain...

" Long as I remember, the rain been coming down
Clouds of Myst'ry pouring confusion on the ground
Good men through the ages, try'in to find the sun
And I wonder, still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain....."

That old favorite from CCR has been running a loop in my head the past few days.
Yeah , yeah I know just a few days ago I was singing praise to the rain.
Today, well...not so much.
I'm done, sick of it already.
Flooded basement, flooded barn . Slick mud.
We had some record rain fall around here last week and then this week going on the third day of steady spritz with a down pour thrown in here and there.

our little stream that usually is a gentle flowing, bubbling, peaceful place to go

was now turned into a  churning , fast moving , swirling body of angry water.

Many of the local roads were impassable due to streams overflowing onto the roads
Poor Paul found this out the hard way as he was trying to get home and was getting turned back on each road he traveled .

Around the corner from us, an area the locals call the "flats" was now a huge lake. There is a road that runs through it with a small bridge that goes over what is usually a small stream. You could see no evidence of either the road or the bridge during the rains last week. The road just dropped off into the water.

on the bright side, this past Saturday we went to our neighbors Al and Ruth Johnson's "End of the Summer" party.
We had a great time. Good food, people. LOTS of laughs! The weather was just perfect that day/ night. Warm sunny day. Crisp clear night with little wind. They had a huge Bonn fire going all night and it was nice to step over to it and get the chill off when you needed to.

The young dogs seem to be finally getting it! I tested them the past few days and was able to get both flanking where I wanted (for the most part) on a drive out of about 100 yards. It is thrilling to climb to the next step and always makes the struggle of getting to it seem worth it. I am excited about these two dogs.
We have a long way to go , but overall I am happy where they are at for under a year and a half of age.