On Sunday, the Corps of Engineers was releasing over 6000 cubic feet of water per second from Lake Lavon. The lake is about three feet lower than it was less than two weeks ago but it is still five feet above normal. Some lake parks are still closed. Others offer picnic tables on land and some in the water.

Fishermen were successfully testing their luck below the dam. My family and I saw one catfish hauled in while I was snapping this picture.

The river downstream was swollen well out its banks and marshy areas that have been dry for a couple years are now flooded.

I was beginning to hear some complaints about all the rain we were receiving. I expect we will all hear similar complaints when it gets hot. It all reminds me of a quote I once read (something like…): "There are always those among us for whom the sun a little too bright and the wind a little too strong."

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