It has rained for three days, and we are expecting five more days of rain here. I'm not talking about a little sprinkle either, but the whole banana. Rain, rain and more rain. New Hampshire has had floods that have washed cars and homes away. They had eleven inches of rain in one day in places. This was the weekend of the Wool Tour, where sheep farmers and wool stores open their businesses to people who travel from one farm to the other. There are seven farms and stores, and it is fun to go and visit old friends on that day. I have never missed a Wool Tour in several years, but it rained too hard this year. Now it looks like some of those country roads we used to travel from farm to farm are washed out. It is bad for those cottage industries there, since they are small stores and this is a big weekend of sales for them.
Three more days of rain are predicted, and the gutters are running with water. A big vacuuming truck is outside clearing the street drains. Not sure whether there was a problem or whether it is just serendipity, but it is a good thing to have the drains clear when it rains for seven days straight. Low lying houses will be sopping up their basements, that is for sure.
I'm still coughing, but my cold seems to be going away slowly. Way too slowly. It will be nice to have a whole night's sleep one of these nights.
Have a good evening. I'm off to a church meeting.
