Before I get too carried away, I just want to share this photo of one of the Iris that is blooming around the house. Most of the roses are doing really nicely, the cactuses are still blooming, the cannas are blooming, the azalea out in the back has already peaked but there are still some blooms on it. Our Mountain Laurel looks better this year than it ever has (we've been here about nine years), but there are no blooms on it. Anyway, it has been a good year for flora, and I expect that will last well into June and maybe into July. We are WAY BELOW our normal temperatures for this time of year, but that is because of all the moisture. Who knows what will happen next.Oh yeah...
Well, welcome to the Memorial Day Long Weekend. It is officially started, although Mother Nature was off by a couple days. Austin and Central Texas are pretty well known for having flooding events over the Memorial Day weekend. This year, it was a little early. Austin and the areas north (that includes the edge of nowhere) were spared, but areas just south and east of here between Austin and Houston were hit hard. Some isolated reports of up to 17" of rain. At last count, 100 homes in Bastrop county were flooded. Some of the damaged homes were just finished repairs from last years 1,700 year flooding event, and now they are starting again. If it is not fires, it is floods. I expect the pestilence will hit just any minute now.
All the folks that I bused into Austin with yesterday from Houston arrived home safely late last night and into the early morning hours of today. They got stranded in Brenham, one of the hardest hit areas, but all is well that ends well.
Enjoy your weekend.
Deeds, Actions, Changes, WET, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!
No comments:
Post a Comment