tarantula rain
A family member of one of our neighbours once described torrential precipitation as a tarantula rain. And that’s exactly what it’s sounded like the last two nights: giant spiders dancing the tarantella on our tin roof. We’ve had six inches of rain in that span. The stream nearest the house is three times as high as usual.
It feeds two ponds before it exits our property, ambling on to the Main Lakes system in the middle of Quadra Island. Before it went its merry way, however, it saw fit to flood our gazebo and discourage picnics.
The higher water allowed Jude and I to gather errant parts of our dock and walkway by kayak. We’ll reassemble them in a sturdier pattern next spring.
The bridge over the stream that connects our two ponds is partly underwater. Slinkee was wary of approaching it.
The rain and the flood line is tapering off today. We should be able to picnic soon.
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Anchor Struck 
Wow .. That’s an impressive rain .. Do you have a basement?
Our first floor is about eight feet off the ground. We can walk upright in the basement. Some day we’d like to put a root cellar there and maybe even grow mushrooms. With all the rain we get, it stays surprisingly dry.