Knee Deep in Rain.

9-8-11 SHORT HILLS: More rain and more rain, it doesn’t stop. There’s another round of flooding for all those soggy, low-lying communities that have been so hard hit this year. So far in September, we have had over 5 inches of rain, more than a month’s worth, and, for the year, we have had 53 inches. Our usual total for the year as of this date is 32 inches. This last round has the yard wet and squishy again. Being on the side of a hill, thankfully, not at the bottom, has cost us some of the little topsoil that we have, or had.

It cleared late this morning, and I got out to do more trimming, pruning and weeding, and I found more downed branches from Irene and hauled them up to the street and added them to the pile waiting for the town to collect. Usually I take it all to the dump, but they want it left on the street now.

Tomorrow’s forecast? Fifty percent chance of rain.