Wet, wet, wet

It must have rained overnight - a lot.  I never heard it and it wasnt' raining when I awoke, but when I pulled the curtains there were pools everywhere.  I don't think there was enough rain overnight to have caused a flood but I was pretty thankful I'd raked up the leaves from the gutter and the drain outside my neighbours property.  The leaves I'd raked and left if piles around the garden will now be sodden piles which will no doubt deteriorate into sodden, decaying piles unless I get them to the dump pretty quickly.  Or maybe I can leave them for the council to shift as most of the leaves are from the tree they planted right outside my house several years ago?  Now there's a thought.