Nature
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Today is WORLD BEE DAY. I looked in my photos and did not find one.
Today's photo shows the destructive nature of 21 inches of rain we had last July 4th. This is the bridge I go over to get out of my area and was the only one that withstood the wall of water that came down Cow Creek. Mike helped build this bridge back in 1987 and 1988 when our community had rallied our county commissioner to fix our low water crossing. The low water crossing was all the way at the bottom of the creek bed and you drove down and across and up the heighth of the banks shown here. I remember going across rushing water in my 1984 Bronco and feeling the tug of the current then. Many times I was unable to get to work because it would be washed out. Last July, both bridges going either east or west were washed out. Two people in a car went over this bridge when the water was rushing OVER IT. they only found one person a week after. Other one was never found. I can't imagine thinking you could get across it with how high the water was if it was going over the railing.
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@RockChalkinTexas-0 I did not know that! And yes, it was pretty challenging.
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@RockChalkinTexas-0 do you have any brands of puzzles that you like or don't like? I have actually thrown out two Buffalo brand puzzles. I've had very good luck with the Kodak brand.
America! Where you have the right to be wrong.
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@RockChalkinTexas-0 I used to drive a road in Louisiana that would flood. One spot was a curvey and even though the water basically wasn't moving you think you know a road until you can't see where the edge is anymore. Ditches down there sometimes are 4-6 feet deep and I would just turn around instead of risking drowning in a ditch trapped in a car.
So yes, driving across that bridge with water going over was a tragic and misguided decision.
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@nuleafjhawk I have gotten the girls Rose Art - Kodak Premium ones because of the vibrant colors. I get a lot of them that are at least 3,000 pieces and those choices are getting harder and harder to find one that they haven't already done.
#RCJH GO KU
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Today's photo shows a branch I found down around the old greenhouse and the deer was as startled as I when I came around the corner!! This is behind the She Shed. Mike and the girls put this up one summer to use for the tomatoes he would start in December.
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@RockChalkinTexas-0 I usually do 1,000 piece puzzles. My son bought me a 5,000 piece puzzle but there's not a surface in my house big enough to work it. Lol.
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@nuleafjhawk The girls have a big puzzle board that Mike made for them and there is always the floor.
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Late getting here today. Another round of storms overnight and another limb down. Today's photo is of the east side of the house flower bed that is covered in salvia. The hummingbirds love them. See all kinds of bees too. Mike welded the railings to keep the deer out and saw a squirrel in there this morning along with a lizard. Who knows what else lives in there.
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On such a gloomy day, I wish I was here! After Mike passed away, the girls and I went to our favorite place. As a family, we made many trips to South Padre Island. We tried Corpus Christi, Port Aransas, Galveston, Houston but nothing compares to South Padre. We tried condos and rentals, but liked best a dive of a 2 story motel, The Surf Motel, in the middle of the island that we always went back to. Back in the early 90s there wasn't the tourist trappings like today. We could walk to the bay side, drive as far north on the beach as you wanted and Mike fished, the girls played in the sand and I sought sea shells and did a lot of reading. The typical family. We went to a wildlife refuge to see the migratory birds and fished off the piers. Rode the go carts. Rented bicycles. Toured the small towns around there. The girls had a pool at the motel, there was the bar and they had volleyball courts. The rooms have kitchenetts and Mike would barbeque with the other guys in the middle of everything. It was fantastic. I am thinking of heading down there before hurricane season.
