Pinewood Does Everything In A Big Way

We live in a fantastic neighborhood. There's a real sense of community out there in Pinewood, located halfway between Beaumont and Sour Lake.

When we burn, we burn big.

When hurricanes hit, we have more trees down than anybody else.

When we party, we party big, as we did during the terrific Halloween celebration.

Our owls, snakes and deer can beat up your owls, snakes and deer.

Pinewood also is known for its flooding, although it's really only the same tired three houses along the golf course that actually get flooded. I don't believe anyone lives in them anymore.

We had big rains in October 2006, and the creek came up in our back yard.

Last night, we had some big rains again, only I didn't realize just how big until this morning, when we awoke to our back yard looking like this:

It wasn't even close to the house, so no worries there. Plus, it drains off very fast. We're not even in a flood plain.

With all the craters where trees used to be back there, it'll be interesting to see what it looks like after the water recedes.