The rain, the pond, the dam.

This week, we have had all the rain we missed all summer long...... it has been falling for the last few days, with possibly more to come. As a result, our filled-up pond is on the verge of over-flowing into the little creek that runs along in our woods.

Plus, with the days of rain that we've had, we noticed that one side of the pond collected more water than the other side of the pond. I had called the pond-digging company on Friday, and they said they would be here one day this coming week to have a look.

But tonight, our neighbors noticed that the level of the pond was too close to the level of the dam.... and if the dam goes, so goes the water on that side of the pond. Into the creek it will go, and then we'll be waiting for more rain to re-fill that side of the pond.

One of our neighbors had a huge piece of scrap-lumber and he and my husband got the wood at the side of the dam that needed some propping-up. Hopefully, that will hold until the pond-digging-company gets here to have a look. And our neighbor D across the road has a back-hoe type of machine and if he can get in there tomorrow, he can just push the dirt over where it needs to be and that will be that. Unless, of course, it rains for three more days.

The pond looks so wonderful with all that water right up to the top...... I hope the water level doesn't wash out the dirt on the one side. With all the rain we've had, I would imagine that everyone's pond is over-flowing right about now.

As my husband says--- Another day on the ranch.