puddle reflection in my driveway

Flooding is plaguing us here in New Jersey. That’s how we know it’s the beginning of spring! Where our house is located we live pretty much at the top of the “water chain”  and we are not affected. In essence, we are the problem since everything is downhill from here. The rivers and streams were already swollen from our over 2 inches of rain that fell on last Sunday, but add to that the 3.56 inches of rain (measured at our house) that we had yesterday and overnight and you’ve got more trouble. The ground is about as saturated as it can get, and now several rivers in Wayne (where Rick works) are over their banks. Roads and schools closed, people evacuated. It’s a mess, but it’s not all that unusual. It happened last year around this time too. Remember my post on the falls in Paterson last year? It’s bound to be spectacular again but I don’t know if I will go or not.

Last night the rain came down so hard after midnight that I found it hard to sleep. The deafening drumming noise on my roof kept me awake. My driveway (which slopes downhill) was basically a river this morning and a miniature stream had formed in my side yard. The little stream behind our house is running like crazy and sounds more like a river with rapids than the normally placid little stream. It’s kind of a nice sound, very soothing, if you don’t think about why it sounds like that. If it were just a little warmer I’d have my windows open so I could listen to it.

But look what all that rain finally revealed under the last bit of snow in the flower beds ... daffodil eruption!

Things may look a bit dodgy right now, but I think we’re finally on the road to spring.

Pretty photos Lynne!  I heard about the rain in NJ and was wondering how you guys were doing.  Glad you’re up on a hill.  I remember your post from last year about all the water.  Boy does time fly!  Take care!

Hi Debra, thanks! It’s a mess down lower than we are. The biggest shopping mall around is under water and closed!