Rain Continues

The rain continued on into today. Once, again, I did rainy day inside things...a load of wash, started cleaning out a closet and rearranged the clothing in mine...working on getting rid of some things. I read and did some cross stitch. I finished another book. I had someone come to the door this afternoon interested in doing some work for an item...a John Deere lawnmower. He wanted to tear down the kids' playhouse in exchange for our old nonworking lawnmower. I explained that we had stored it back there under the leanto attached to the playhouse and that we had trouble with it from the time that we bought it used an that a tree had landed on it one time. He still wanted to do the work for the lawnmower. I called and checked with Nathan and he said, "Go for it!" It takes a job off of his shoulders! I never dreamed that he would go at it today since it was raining. But he got started immediately. He decided that he wanated to burn the wood...I wasn't all that keen on it, but said "ok." I didn't think that anything would burn today, but he got a pretty roaring fire blazing pretty quickly. He stayed with the fire till it burned down...but still had some flames...so I have been keeping an eye on it. It got to raining so that helped keep it under control. I chose not to go to Bible study so I could continue to keep an eye on the smouldering fire. It is way out on the edge of our lot that I call "the back 40." I'm sure that the neighbors will be glad to have the eyesore removed.The guy said that he would be back...figure that he would as the lawnmower is still out there...he only had a car today so couldn't take the John Deere with him. Tonight's photo I took out my kitchen window to show what the rain is doing to my neighbor's construction site! Well, one of my little neighbors construction site! Their yard is really a construction site as the dad next door is building them an inground swimming pool...so towards the back of the house is even muddier than the little boy's!!!! We haven't seen mushy, squishy yards in a very long time. I did walk out to get my mail. I haven't taken in my garbage can yet. My worker was here and I couldn't get it past his car...maybe it will not be raining tomorrow when I go out to pull it back to the house. I've had supper and now to settle back and stitch or read. I have an e-book that will be taken away from me if I don't get it done in the next couple of days...I may read on that...or may just get back in line and wait my turn for the book again! I have actually read to in-hand books lately from the church library. I find holding my a book open puts stress and strain on my hand and it ends up getting cramps in it...but so far I haven't had that problem this time. Maybe I'll get back to reading "real" books. I have not reading the books in the church library since I am one of the librarians there!!!! It's time for me to peek out the back window to make sure that the fire is going out gradually. I'm not really too worried tonight about it spreading since it is so soggy. But feel like I need to look out every so often. I have spent an awful lot of time looking out the sunroom windows this afternoon and evening. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!