Mr. TroutBend actually let me call a plumber today to fix the water line in the guest cabin because people are coming for 13 days starting this Saturday, and he had tried everything and none of it worked. Normally he'd rather die than pay someone to do what he thinks he should be able to do himself, even if he can't do it.

They got along very well, the plumber shared information about projects and any number of other things. It was like having a buddy come over to work on projects together. Except we had to pay him. But it was worth it.

Not only did the cold water line in the kitchen start working, he removed the crummy little garbage disposal that leaks and re-did the plumbing under the sink so it's all nice now. And then came over to the house and dealt with the leaky faucet. I'm so pleased to get these chronic problems taken care of.

Our weather is spring-like, more like March or April than May, with near-freezing overnight temperatures and rain during the day. The 10 day forecast predicts more weather like we had last weekend. There is flooding, some of it bad around our area, mostly down in the flatlands below us.

It's a wake-up call for everyone to see how much the rivers were changed by the 2013 floods and rather than think about drawn out fixes for floods we may never see again in our lifetime, folks are scurrying to do something now.