MY POND

Here is my pond. Every time we get a hard soaking rain it fills up.

I have to admit, the first time this happened, I got a little....concerned.

I mean, when I closed on the house I was here. It was a bonus for me, sitting in my new kitchen closing the deal and all. My realitor and close friend told me...Noone will ever build out there. The city owns it. I didn't quite understand why the city would just be sitting on this lot and not selling it off to developers. that was 11/23/2003.







I moved in on 12/7/2003, just in time for Christmas. YAY! I loved it. The house is plenty big enough for one. I wouldn't want to raise a family here, but who am I kidding? I'm not gonna be raising a famliy and I probably will not ever mayy again. After all, I'm not stupid.

Then came Spring of 2004. Then there was rain. Then there was my pond. I was outside when the storm started. I came inside once the down pour hit. I grabbed a bowl of cereal and stood at my princess doors. they are like french doors, but only one door opens.

There I stood feeling all happy, fullfilled, blessed by God and munching on my most favorite cereal in the world (at that time) when I noticed the field filling up with water. It had only been raining for like an hour. The water was just a rising. OMG! Why? !!!! I just stood there. I grabbed my homeowner's insurance just to verify that I wasn't in a flood zone. Nope! there is was in black and white. This is not a flood zone.

The rain stopped and the pond didn't get any more full. With this laying heavy on my mind I went on to bed. Yes. When it's time for sleep, I sleep. I sleep through almost anything. I woke up the next morning and noticed it was starting to drop. By nightfall it was empty. Turns out, there is a little creek type thing that runs down the back of all the house's on my street. I even went for a walk and followed it. Soon after, I made friends with the neighbor next door. Being in there back yard, ( you can't see it from mine because of a privacy fence, I saw the little stream like thingy.

It turned out to be the coolest thing. The ducks even swim out there. there were duck tonight, but you can't see them in my picture.

Well, looky up there. I've gone and written a book. Are any of you publishers?