Never been more excited for rain

Frozen broken pipes, water filling our garage/ shop building, trying to sweep out water from the garage as it freezes to the cement floor; these activities are not my idea of holiday fun. One of the reasons we love the northwest and put up with the rainy winters is that the winter temperatures are supposed to be moderate. So after two weeks of days where the high rarely creeped above freezing I am elated to welcome our rain back. The rain has melted all the ice. It may be wet, but I can ride my horse in the rain. Pipes don't freeze in the rain and rain makes my plants happy rather then killing them. I am still disappointed that all my winter carrots froze. I appreciate my friends informing me that in freezing weather carrots needed to be covered them with straw, leaves, or other organic material, and wish I would have known this before the big freeze. Rows of carrots may you RIP and provide beneficial soil nutrients for next years vegetables.