Flooding seems the appropriate way to start this blog. We've had lots and lots of flooding. This might have been the storm which had the Tornado (about 10 miles north of us)
or it was one of the daily thunderstorms we had...it's hard to tell anymore. We've had lots of rain! The back field has been a swamp. Many local roads have washouts. We've replaced lots of electrical devices after the storms and had several candlelight dinners. What weather!We did get down to Portsmouth with our son and friends for his birthday during August. See that ship? It's the Friendship and see those clouds? They are the reason we didn't get to go on the Friendship. We did tour the Roseway and the Gundalo, but a severe thunderstorm rolled in and trapped us with another 200 or so people in a tent for over an hour. Par for the course this summer.
We took one Tuesday to go and visit my folks up in ME where they were camping. It rained for most of our visit, but we did get a break long enough to take a walk. My niece joined us for the day and it was a nice time for all.
Here is a giant sunflower that our youngest boy planted himself this spring. The sunflowers are doing well, so are the cucumbers and tomatos. We have good basil too. The carrots, peas, beans, corn and pumpkins have not done very well at all in this weather. We felt very fortunate to get in 120 bales of hay as many farmers have only had their first cut in the 2nd half of August! That would be haying your second cut with the old first in the mix. Not very good hay this season.
Another field trip we took was up to the Fort at No. 4 across the state. It was a fun day for sure. There was an encampment going on with a Sutler's Row (marketplace) and our history buff kids were in heaven. We watched a mock battle of the French and Indian War and spent the afternoon in the 1700s. Of course we went home a little early due to what...you knew it!... another thunderstorm.
I'll end this soggy blog with a September photo from yesterday's cache run. This is a bridge built in the 1800s for the railroad. It is still in use today with a daily train from Ossipee, NH to Boston, MA. It was a very nice trail. We spooked a fox and although Tide wanted to take up the chase he did come back right away. Good boy. And a dry day!~Rachel
