The Pond

I look out the window and what do I see??  Popcorn popping . . .no, the apricot blossoms were frozen with the cold weather.  We didn't see too many bees out when the tree was in full bloom, either, so I will consider it a wonder if we even have any apricots to eat this year.   I have a new water garden!  I wouldn't be surprised to look out and see frogs hopping around!  If you use your imagination the lilies kind of look like cattails and the if the water continues to rise, the pansies might look like lily pads by the end of the day.   I keep wondering if these rainy days will ever end.  We did have a nice weekend, though.  Kevin mowed the lawn for the first time and said that the peas were actually up!  I had pretty much given up on them, figuring those seeds were rotting in the soil.  I am grateful that there will be peas to eat in a couple of months - if we ever have more than one or two sunny days in a row!  We live in a desert and how many years have we prayed for rain to have water for the summers?  Now we are praying for the water to stop so that we won't have a repeat of 1983 when State Street in Salt Lake City was turned into a river.

To the left is a picture of Centerville during that same time.  The street is not identified, but that year Barnard Creek was diverted to run down Barnard Street (just a half block to the south of us).   Church was cancelled so that the men could fill sandbags.   When they redid the street they used concrete and put in a drainage basin at the bottom of the street in case it happens again.  Stay tuned . . .