SNAFU: Situation normal, all effed up!
Monsoon season has descended on Michigan, a sure sign of the arrival of spring. The fact that a small lake, complete with mallard ducks, appears in our back yard, regardless of anything I do to try to make the water drain to the ditch, torments me each year. Knee-high, or at least calf-high boots are needed to be able to visit our back acreage for two months each spring. The installation of a sump well and pump only accomplished a larger electric bill and increased erosion of the sand on which... Sign in to see full entry.