Wanders in the Byward market...

Had the chance to take a nice stroll with my family in the Byward Market in Ottawa. Always a colourful and fun place to visit and shoot photos. You can enjoy the rest here.

When the rain comes down...

Well this month has seen plenty of rain, no mistakes about it, but last Friday’s downpour has certainly taken the cake. It was raining off and on all day, small little outbursts that lasted a few minutes and then would stop.

However around 4:30 the rains kicked into high gear, pounding rain that could blast through any Gortex rain jacket in minutes! The area I live in as at the lower end of Kanata's flood plain, key word here is "flood". The bus had to slow down as we entered my neighborhood as the streets were already filling up. As I hopped off my bus I stepped into an already ankle deep rushing stream, my street also had about 6 inches of water fron curb to curb and it was rapidly climbing. Our area has had a few floods over the last 15 years I have been living here, I prayed that my house was still dry. Luckily our place was not taking on any water yet however the basement drain was a gurgling monster that sounded as if it would spew who knows what type of sickening filth into our basement at any moment. I watched as the rain water filled up my back yard by almost 4 feet at the deepest point, around front the the water crept up our driveway and wave would roll up our lawn every time a car passed down the street.












Our neighbor's place took on water, we spent a while helping them to bail out with buckets. What a mess, my brother phoned me to let me know he had 4 inches of water in his basement. Our hydro was off for 24 hours as well. Hydro being off was a breeze compared to what others are going through, right now the neighborhood is busy with crews ripping out wet flooring and furniture from all those affected by flooding. Insurance vehicles and adjusters all over the place.

July certainly is setting or breaking a record for the wettest summer month in my lifetime.

Wet weekend at Meechum Lake...

We spent the weekend camping at Meechum Lake in the Adirondacks with a large group of friends and family. We arrived on the Thursday afternoon, set up the tent trailer and the rain began. Not just a light drizzle, no a steady downpour that left 8 inch deep puddles all around the camp ground. The rain let up long enough to let us put up the additional tarp so we would have a little bit more room to shelter our cooking area from the constant rain. Rain fell for 2 days straight and then off and on for the Saturday, but Sunday dawned clear and sunny! Enjoy a few and the rest can be seen here.