It is 7:00 a.m. I am deciding if I should go do the chores and get drenched from the soaking rain or wait a while. Judging from the path which leads from the house to the shop, there is a huge mud puddle collecting. Maybe I will wait.

The waiting idea did not work. It is still raining. The chicken house was flooded, so we ran out to save all the fryer chicks and put them in a huge box in the shop. This is the creek which runs right by the house and cabins. It is usually a small, calm stream. Today it is swollen out of its banks and running rapidly. We have had 5 1/2 inches of rain so far. Tomorrow we will be putting in water gaps, which are the part of the fence which runs through the creeks. It is a miserable job, but a small price to pay for the grass which will soon grow