Mud & Rain!

So the snow has been melting and bulbs have finally been coming up! Here are some pictures of our attack dog, Dakota protecting the house. He loves that there is grass now and loves to run around in the yard. You can still see a few patches of snow here and there. Hopefully in the next week it will all melt. Soon the ground will thaw completely and we will be able to tackle fixing that fence for the garden. It definately needs some tlc and additonal stakes before this summer. (And yes we know we need to take our xmas lights down - the snow just melted so we can now do it easier).

It's been raining a lot lately. We had rain from last Fri through Sat night. This past Sat night when I drove in the driveway after work (around 11 PM), part of the driveway gave way, like quicksand, and I was stuck. Ugh. So although we had grand plans for doing a variety of house work this summer like tiling floors, staining the exterior, etc. it now looks like we will be paying to re-do the driveway. Will tried to pull me out but his little car couldn't do much. Luckily he was able to get out around me to get to work the next day. Sunday morning I was able to get a tow truck to come in and pull me out. Now we have to drive very carefully down this section of the driveway to avoid the quicksand. I'm sure it won't help that is is going to rain for 5 more days this week and we are currently in a flood warning till late tonight.



After they pulled me out I took another picture of the damage that I had done by getting stuck in it. You have to be pretty careful now to avoid another spill. I guess we will have to have someone come in pretty quick to do something so that it does not get any worse. The coming rain, the rest of the snow melt and the fact that we are on a wetland all contributes to this ongoing problem. I think that we will always have a problem with drainage and water while we live here.

I guess you can say that it is definitely mud season here in Maine!