We had a tremendous downpour in the late afternoon a couple of days ago. The pond rose by more than a foot, and the regular outtake and spillway couldn’t keep up. It flooded over the main dike and I was worried it would cause major damage. So I was out there chucking log sections into the waterfall. I think I managed to spread the flow out a little and prevent it digging out a deeper channel. But it took away all the soil and the gravel and rock foundation of the dyke were exposed. We were lucky … the same storm killed five people in southern Virginia.

You can see that the dock and island were almost submerged. After it was over, there was a beautiful big double rainbow.