Yep, we’re complaining about rain and weeds while those poor folks are grieving for lost and missing loved ones. It sure puts things into perspective, doesn’t it? My heart hurts for them so bad. We saw the power of flash floods when we lived in New Mexico. About half a mile from the house was a little creek. We often walked down to it so David could fish for sunfish in the pools. It was so small, you could jump across it. But one day it rained. Not by us, but a few miles away. Rained hard! Well, our peaceful little creek turned into a monster in just a few hours. We could hear it roar from the house. And, walking down to it, we saw it raging 10 feet over the normal banks, in huge, angry waves, carrying big trees downstream like so many matchsticks. Seeing that made me aware of the danger of building anywhere near a creek.
Even here, in Northern Minnesota, flash floods do, occasionally happen. As you’ve noticed, our house is built on a big rise, high above our little creek. Not by accident, I assure you!
I’m getting ready to mulch the peppers in the Sand Garden, after getting them weeded. Will has been busy getting ready for haying. Today, he’s working on our spare haybine (the one that caught fire!), after getting the primary haybine all ready to go. As soon as the weather has settled down, rain-wise, he’ll be off haying nearly every day. I’ll be keeping on weeding and weeding and weeding.
I had to laugh. A visiting family asked if we planted any flowers to attract pollinators to our gardens. Well, yes and no. Around every one of them are acres of clover, both medium red and alsike. The fragrance about knocks you down, it’s so sweet. The cows are up to their bellies in it. Yep, the pollinators sure love it too!
— Jackie
While we’re “down hill” in our rural subdivision, it would never be a flash flood in our area that would be of concern. We are not in a “low lying” area. Plus better half has landscaped so any fast moving water is away from our house (also helped our elderly neighbor).
Those in flash flood alley in TX – penny wise and pound foolish. I would not have had my kids at camp over the 4th. Sorry – the emer plan for the camp was sub-par at best. Sorry for the poor kids – they had no say. The adults, well let me leave it at that.
I will be weeding Sunday/Monday (family time Fri-Sat). Something I will need to get my mind elsewhere (best cat ever did not care for asparagus or strawberries, though he knew we liked both).