Officially Over

According to the statistics, southern Manitoba is all wet.  Manitoba has had a wetter-than-normal April and May, according to statistics released this morning by the provincial Agriculture Department. Winnipeg has had 46% more rain than normal since April 1st. Certainly, our yard is wet! Our sump pump is getting a workout.  It's pumping out about 10 gallons or so every 10 minutes.  Our "basement water feature" is quite alive and noisy.  I'm convinced we have an underground creek running beneath our basement floor.

All that pumped water goes out through an underground pipe that releases the water half-way down our front lawn. From there to the front, street-side, flower bed, the grass is super green and the flower bed is saturated.  There's so much water going out that it drains over the curb, onto the street, travels down the street, and runs into the city's storm water sewer.

The plus side of all this rain has been that the city has an emerald green colour to it.  Maybe, I won't have to go to Ireland to see that colour after all.  It certainly saves on our yard watering bill.