Rain, Rain, GO AWAY !!

And still it is raining!  The devastation from the flooding waters here in VT is tremendous.  The pictures taken by so many and posted on youtube and other places tell a very sad story of loss.  But also there are many stories of courage and caring.  Every newspaper has a few.  What a great place to live!  Here in the hills where neighbor helps neighbor.
We were only able to go about 2 miles to the north, by a back road, for a few days, to a four corners where the roads were closed in all four directions due to washouts. There were many little roads we knew about as locals that could be taken to get us from here to there and then hook us up with a highway that wasn't too damaged for passage.  We took some supplies from a church near here to an area about 10 miles away where a command center had been set up at a fire station. There were people cut off from everywhere who had no electric and needed food and water delivered by ATV's.  National Guard helicopters were leaving off these supplies just outside the village and we were able to help a group of men, women and youngsters load them onto a flatbed truck to be taken to the command center for distribution.  Amazing how fast this could be accomplished by forming a 'box brigade' just like the old bucket brigade.

The water is rushing over the dam we see from our backyard again.  It really is kind of eerie when we don't hear the falls.  It was real quiet for a few days as the water covered the whole dam.
We are slowly but surely making progress toward recovery. Hoping that this rain will be light and not cause any more flooding.

  Some good news is that on Saturday we will be going to a wedding.  A small country affair.  Hoping for a lovely fall day.  I am going to be busy making the wedding cake. And we are still picking pole beans !!   Tomatoes did well too.  Made spaghetti sauce, salsa, and tomato soup so far. Not to mention all those tomato sandwiches.  How I'd like one of these fat juicy tomatoes in May !  The ones from the store just don't measure up to these vine ripened beauties. We get our corn from a local farm stand and it is so sweet and good.  So thankful for the wonderful fresh veggies.  

Lizzie is staring at me again so that means time for bed.  Sleep tight !