The detention pond behind our house is usually dry and full of cattails.

This past autumn, the landscaping company hired by our homeowners association mowed all of the plants to the ground. Add in the snow melt and the monsoon rains we've been having and it's beginning to look like a regular pond.

One drain is completely covered. Fortunately, there are two more to go before we have to start really worrying. It's a mess since the landscapers left all of the plants they cut down. They're just floating around wherever the water takes them. I can't wait until the weather warms up and they really start rotting. That's going to be pleasant. Not.