More than five inches of rain ten days ago helped replenish lakes big and small.

Recent rains have turned the once parched land into a recreational paradise.

It's been one extreme to another at Nantucket Lake.

The waterfront subdivision south of College Station is just about full after recent rains.

It's a remarkable change from this video we caught just three months ago.

"Right when we had Noah's flood a couple weeks ago the water just poured in there," said Jim Maness, the President of the Homeowners Association for the Subdivision.

"We are very happy that it happened plus we try to take good care of our lake. That's one of the premiere things of our subdivision, our 33 acre lake," he added.

The recent rains have changed the landscape in an amazing way at Nantucket Lake. It's at least eight feet higher now and it's so full the water is only a few inches from going over the spillway.

The drought wasn't all bad news. During the dry spell they were able to clean up the lake cutting down many of the dead and rotting trees.

"It still hasn't ruined it for us, it's so much nicer than Houston we'll take it anyway," said Pam Smith of Indian Lakes during a November 3, 2011 interview.

Back in November we also spoke with Pam Smith after she moved into her new home in Indian Lakes with a backyard resembling a swamp.

And today?

"No sticks no anything... Some much needed relief very definitely so hopefully it did for the farmers and ranchers too," said Smith.

"We hope for the best and if it isn't the best we do the best we can. That's all we can do," said Jim Maness.

Even though it came all at once the heavy rains are making their mark in a wet way here.

Jim Maness who we spoke with from Nantucket Lake tells us he's optimistic the lake will stay in good shape at least through the rest of the year.

We're told Indian Lakes has risen about five feet now in the past few weeks.