Let It Rain...Let It Rain...Let It RAIN!!!

     Holy Moly...I CANNOT recall the last time it rained, this, HARD...talk about 'coming down in buckets'! The drumming, from the torrents, beating upon my roof, woke me, before the alarm-clock. I just read, where, the heaviest rainfall would be between the hours of 4-7AM; and, although, still, heavy, the rain has abated, just a bit, in the last, few, minutes, (6:40, to be precise) Still has another 20 minutes to POUR! It used to be, since, living, here, that, I would dread forecasts, which, threatened the, type, weather, we are enduring, today; This, before the small, culvert-bridge, which I must access to get to my home, was repaired, along with the damn, further, upriver. For, Pre-'reconstruction', I could count-on the bridge flooding-out, and, the neighbors, along with me and my family, becoming 'trapped' on our-side of the river.. As our property abuts the railway, due East, and, there is no access out of here, from, either, a Northerly, or, Southerly, direction, due to the geography, we were SCR*WED! If we had enough 'forewarning', we might park our cars, on the other side of the railway, at a local, business, which we can drive to, by way of local, back-roads. However, once parked there, in order to get back to our vehicles, it was necessary to walk over the tracks, which, is against Federal Law, and, rather-scary...truth be told. We do live on the longest, straightaway, on the Amtrak Line; Yet, even, though, one can see a train coming from 'a mile away', it's not, terribly, comforting, when, having to cross-over the tracks on foot. Thankfully, we no longer must experience this; But, I must say, looking back, it did make for some pretty, 'interesting' moments. I recall, once, before the bridge-repair, while walking one of the pooches, on a terrible, rain-driven day, watching the river's, swollen-waters, rushing over the bridge; It was on this day that I witnessed one of THE funniest things, I've seen, since living here; this, in the form of a beaver, body-surfing, in the 'white-water' cascading, OVER the bridge. I've been, 'entertained' a, great, deal, by Mother-Nature, and, her 'antics, over the years; Yet, that, moment, 'tops the list'! In any event, today's wet-weather poses no threat, of any kind, other, than, perhaps, to soak me, and the pup, later, when I walk her. Otherwise, it can keep comin' down. Heck...sure beats the HECK outta 'the white-stuff', right? So, today, as with every, day...'Let a SMILE be your umbrella.' Although, you MIGHT want to bring- along a REAL one ...just in case! Just Sayin'...