well, it's been quite a spring---between the last week in February and the last week in March, we had three major flood events that drove me out of the house and off to stay with friends until the septic system became functional again! (Pete and Andy toughed it out for the first and the last flood, but even they gave up when it became necessary to canoe in and out of the house during flood #2......I know that there are lots of discussions out there about global warming---whether it exists, and what, if any its consequences are----for people like us, who live in marginal, vulnerable areas, there's no question anymore----something big is happening---it's not that it feels significantly warmer--but the weather patterns are certainly changing, and becoming more extreme----we've just had 3 100-yr. floods in the space of a month......
as much as I've treasured our time here on the river, I think this has finally broken my spirit---I've had it.....this past Thursday I sat down and talked with a realtor about selling.....
we'll see what happens with that...
here are a couple of pictures that I took during the first flood, in February---it's kindof hard to 
get a sense of what's going on---but you can see our our living room window here---usually you'd be seeing our backyard--instead it's all water!---that little stick you see poking up out of the water is actually a tiny tree that grows on what is usually the bank overlooking the river---it's about 2 feet underwater here---the next flood it was pretty much underwater all the way...
get a sense of what's going on---but you can see our our living room window here---usually you'd be seeing our backyard--instead it's all water!---that little stick you see poking up out of the water is actually a tiny tree that grows on what is usually the bank overlooking the river---it's about 2 feet underwater here---the next flood it was pretty much underwater all the way...looking out the other way, toward the road, you can see where someone sloshed through the icy water, making a path out to the cars---in the next flood, the swamp on the other side of the road rose up and over---and the driveway was completely underwater---no sloshing through the water at that point, just step off the edge of the deck into the canoe, which is tied to a tree onshore, and pull it hand over hand to get to 
the road.....bleauhhhh
the road.....bleauhhhhgood news, tho'---the deck that Noah built for us withstood the currents really well---the stones we piled all around the supports, and underneath the deck really kept erosion to a bare minimum.....
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