When I was in my mid teens my family built a house in Northeast Pennsylvania. It was the house built on the rock. My father had many talents and he applied them in this 5 year project. In year one, we planned to build the walls and raise the roof during Dad's 2 week vacation. The rain this June reminds me of that house building time- where it rained every day straight for the two week vacation.
It's different now. Instead of sleeping in a wet and damp sleeping bag I can watch from the dry indoors. I have plenty to do so I'm not affected by dry or wet, except that I can now look at the weather radar for the next approaching thunderstorm. I watch the bright greens of the leaves and how the forest fills in its canopy.
And once in awhile the sun comes out. The Ramapo River is much higher than normal, even higher than in Spring. It's not flood stage but from my pictures I have a reference point on a one rock and the water is up 8 inches from May, and that makes the currents and vortexes even more visible and complex to watch.
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