Slice of Life: Deluge

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Too. Much. Rain.

We had probably 1.5″ yesterday, and so far this morning 1.75″ with more forecast for today, tomorrow…all the way through to Friday, with a brief respite before it clouds up again on Monday for the eclipse.

“Lake Easement” has engulfed both back beds…

…but our neighbor has it worse.

Here’s my haiku for today:

aftermath
robin song signals respite
it won’t last

ⓒMary Lee Hahn, 2024

8 thoughts on “Slice of Life: Deluge”

  2. Your last line is an important message for us all. It’s raining here now and the forecast suggests I will be mopping soon. I will hold tight to your message.

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    1. I didn’t mean for that last line to be hopeful…the weather radar would say otherwise: the next cell of storms should be here in about an hour and a half.

      But I like your reading. Our backyard lake has already shrunk by half, and though it might take a week, it really won’t last. All told, a little water in the back yard (none in the basement) seems like small beans compared to Everything Else In The World Right Now…

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  4. Uh oh, enough already, Springtime. I think it is going to be heartbreaking for people traveling all over the country to the line of totality to find a lot of places covered in clouds, an eclipse that they will already be used to. Here’s to good days ahead, and that the water stays out of basements!

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