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Rocky Point Pond has looked more impressive in photos I have posted in previous years than it does today. Even so, it rates a picture for 2014. The pond has its largest accumulation of rainfall so far this year due to a series of storms that have hit Western Washington this month. Will it get even bigger in the next few days? Probably as more rain is forecast.

To clarify, it’s not really a pond—just a low spot between two driveways that fills with water after a few days of all-day rain. The address of this informal neighborhood rain gauge is 2609 Rocky Point Road. The pond’s record size—at least in pictures I have posted—was in March 2011.

It has been said many times that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to complaining, the savings might be even greater. Instead of bitching about the miserable March weather we are having, including seven straight days of rain*, showing a picture of Rocky Point pond (see photo) should get the point across. That way I don’t need to mention that spring, due next week according to the calendar, seems as far off as it did on Groundhog Day.

Despite a wetter than normal winter, this is the first measurable accumulation this year in Rocky Point’s informal rain gauge. And that should be worth some sympathy—at least until you compare the size of the pond to a picture published a year ago in the Mud Bay blog.

* Catchall term used in short complaints for rain, sleet, snow, hail, and rain blowing sideways.