Wet!

And my yard guy took these below. He said a neighbor up the road had more damage than this. 

The main large drain is completely plugged AGAIN!

They didn't clean it out yet. There are other areas that need help first.

Here it is after cleaning from the first washout on July 8.

A small drain that the Mister and two others built many years ago runs under the road down to the edge of the bank is partially open. See video.

Mother Nature is ruling these few months!

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New Mug-New Mud

Never a dull moment at Cabin Tranquillity!

My pottery collection is growing! This is my latest and it is a crazy pinch bottom mug. Even the glaze is special! Al delivered my pot the other day when I was still napping and left it in the buggy. What a wonderful surprise this was! It holds exactly 2 cups and looks tipsy but isn't!

It's raining again after my yard guy just cleaned up the mess from the clogged catch basin. This time it ran down, across the road and over on my beachfront and onto the dock!  He took this photo after I had called the township supervisors to unplug that grate. They don't do work on the unused property above it as it is privately owned. Hoping for the best this time. Nature rules. 

April Showers?

On April 30th the wind blew and the rains came down - HARD!  Now we have had washouts in the past, the worst in 2010 — Below!

You see, the cabin was built at the bottom of a slope of trees, without thoughts of what would happen if there was a lot of rain in just a day or two. One time it did flow into the cabin's back surrounding ditch and came into the back room and ran across the floor. Floor tiles were removed and never replaced since then! 

Well, the heavy rain yesterday caused the flow of water to run across again. This time the yard guy had a diversion ditch that worked very well until then. It was washed out - not too badly though! A limb fell on the back roof, bouncing off and landing on the crepe myrtle behind. What a terrible racket it made!

What did I do? I got up early this morning and took pictures. There is nothing I can do about it until it is looked at by others.

At noon it is still flowing.

Mother Nature prevails and we'll just go with the flow!

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Winter Woes

This is NOT our typical winter! Ugh!!!!

January 5, 2019  34° at 8:30am.

 

 

Rainy Day - AGAIN!

It is a repeat performance. I don't plan on a golf car ride today. I'll just bake a peach cobbler instead. 50° out there!

A piece ready for the trashman

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