We’ve needed a long rainy day for months, and today we finally have one.

Rain is pouring off the roof and into the gutters. It’s flattening what’s left of the ferns and beating the petals off the second-bloom roses.

It’s also seeping into the basement. But at least we know now why the flooding occurred in August. It wasn’t just the volume of water, though that was certainly a factor. It was also because the bucket placed to catch the seepage sprang a leak.  Luckily, this was discovered before a plumber was called.

I think there’s a life lesson here, something akin to “check the life raft.”