The heavy rain last week (I've heard we got five inches) filled up the normally inconsequential little retention pond at Newark and Line Roads, and on Saturday afternoon I was delighted to see a half-dozen mallard ducks, males and females, paddling around. I've always been especially fond of mallards. At Anson Nixon Park in Kennett, the heavy rain pushed some of the algae to one end of the lake, and dozens of Canada geese were enjoying the clear area. The creeks that run through the park were back to their normal depth but were still far more turbid than usual. And on Saturday evening I drove by Rokeby Mill on Route 82 and water was still pouring over the whole width of the spillway.
"Road May Flood" reads the new yellow sign along Walnut Road south of Route 926 in East Marlborough, and it did: the intersection of Walnut and Longwood was completely underwater on Friday, and Po-Mar-Lin was called out for a water rescue. By Saturday, though, there were just some minor puddles along the roadside, and across the way golfers were putting undeterred.
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