Chapter 25. Mostly Drained Out

Finally manged to get out and dig a dozen or so big wet shovelsful today. Have to dig that many shovelsful every day for the next several days before the rain comes back. Hard work, considering that I took a dive at training yesterday. I'm a little stiff.

First of a daily series:

It's so hard to see the progress! I mean, I can tell mainly because of the size of the pile of excavated dirt. Luckily, it's not very hard to dig right now. Wet and heavy, yes, but for some reason it's easier to dig in the gravel when it's really wet like this. Roots are becoming a bit of an issue....

Here is Liz enjoying last week's roof runoff: