I Miss the Snow

For the second time this week, our driveway is impassable.

Water is too blame.

A waterway runs in front of our house. Runoff from acres of fields drains into it, through culverts under the driveway, and eventually into the Stillwater River.

When we receive several inches of rain, on frozen or saturated ground, the waterway and culverts aren't big enough to contain all of the water, and it backs up and eventually goes over the driveway.

Then, we must wait until it recedes.

This morning, as the rain still falls, I watch the rushing water and miss the snow.