Winter blooms

It's been over a month since the BIG flood. Nick and I can travel the trail around our property without a canoe or waders. We walk and see grass, high up in the branches of the trees, at least 8 ft. We see a slimy, brown sludge covering everything. Dead worms and voles, melted pumpkins, debris, all scattered everywhere. We see signs of beaver tasing our apple trees. The smell is powerful! People ask us if we flooded, and we say, yes, what a crazy time that was! They ask if we sustained any damage, and we say, we don't know. And we don't. The trees and shrubs in the back of the farm were underwater for almost exactly a month. Some of the apple trees were underwater for 3 weeks. I guess we'll wait and see? Meanwhile, the winter blooms are bursting - Witch-hazel and Hellabores brighten the landscape and waft their pleasant scent on the breeze.