Sometime in the night a day or two ago it rained two and a half inches in a short time. It washed out the driveway and flooded the basement...but through the basement door, not through our new roof. Do we care? No permanent damage. The driveway Michael shoveled back in place. The basement we mopped. And then we got to watch the ducks paddle in their pond.

There is nothing quite as cheerful as a duck in water.

Ahhhh.