Gramps's latest shot . . .

Higher and higher . . .

Water off of our wall.
Flowing over the wall where Alice used to live.
Much higher at Kaman's.

These poles are now starting to bounce up and down on the water so they'll be launched soon. Grampa just came back to tell me about it!
What a mess! Puppy's Pop tells me that roads in the the center of Central Village are over run with water. Route 12 at the end of our road is almost completely over run. The two fields on either side are so full of ground water that they've met in the road! Lot's of roads have been closed besides South Main.

And the rains came down and the floods came up . . .

Down the bank in front of our house.
From the new bridge at Sandy Hill toward our house.
Lukin's house taken from the bridge going up to Sandy Hill.
Auction field in Sterling. Notice the basketball court!
Kiddo's Sterling playground.
Wacky Pond overflow. Notice the picnic table.
Water streaming down the hill in the yard.
Bridge from Grove Street.
Kaman parking lot from Grove Street. Where we used to wade across and fish!
South Main Street looking toward our street. It's much worse now. This was early morning before they closed the street and the logs floated to the middle of the road!


Repeat as necessary! Wow, incredible amounts of rain, wind, cold, misery but still exciting! Puppy's Pop took some photos earlier today and then went off to play horseshoes in East Hartford. I decided to go to Lizzy B's by myself so I could look around town a bit to see the waters! Went by Starkweather Road and the water is very deep in a couple of spots. The pond on the left is now connected to the marshy area the beavers have made. One humongous lake! You can see the rest in the photos. The canal at Kaman is also streaming across the parking lot and back into the river. And what is the Administration going to do about this? Gee, willikers, I half expected to see Obama out there walking! Perhaps later when it really floods. It's still pouring cats and dogs. I may not recognize him as I imagine he'll be dressed in his white prophet robes.

Quote: Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit against one's good nature. __Montesquieu

Addendum: Just looked out the window and the water is so high that Kaman's closest building has water running into it! It's got to get worse because the rain is coming down very hard right now and besides hearing the rain I can hear the river roaring by. Yikes! It's not supposed to let up until tomorrow.

Rainy day trip . . .

View from the McKinley Chalets.

Took a very wet drive to Bolton to get my Easter candies from Munson's. They have such good chocolate. Had trouble picking out what a needed and what I wanted! Settled for what I needed! We stopped for a muffin and coffee at the Hop River Cafe in the little strip mall on Route 6 in Andover. It's changed hands quite a few times since youngest child was at UCONN and used to bring home the best muffins ever. They're still good! That's a pleasant surprise. Hard to believe that they can make a living in that spot. From there we ended up at Friendly Spirits in Danielson to get the Easter wines; a sturdy Cabernet-Sauvignon for the Prime Rib and a nice Riesling for desert. I'll pick up the rest of the "stuff" Wednesday after a stop at Zip's. I like to go to the Sunshine Shop on Maple street for my flowers. Yep, I'm getting in the Easter mood.

Speaking of Easter mood the singing at the Palm Sunday Mass yesterday was superb. I love to listen to the 10:30 Choir. They work so hard to prepare the beautiful music for the Children's Mass. It's a calm and peaceful hour each week. I do look forward to the serenity. Met one of the 17 cousins after church. She raises Palominos, sheep, rabbits etc and she dropped by after church with her 10 years old daughter to finally pick up the two sets of really nice riding boots and never worn fancy type rodeo shirt that youngest child had to leave here. They'll fit her perfectly! I'm sure they are greatly appreciated.

Puppy's Pop is spending this rainy afternoon watching the postponed Martinsville race. I'll just get caught up on my reading. I'm always behind!

Quote: Echo -- The babbling gossip of the air. __Shakespeare

Eureka . . .

Nenana River. Our Chalet was on the Nenana.

Groton daughter called and the lost Nintendo DS has been found! I had checked the cushions on the couch but had not picked up the couch to look under it. It seems that son-in-law's cell phone had fallen into the couch cushions and he couldn't find it until he lifted the couch up and Voila. The couch had eaten both the phone and the DS. It's good news and yet bad. I had made a deal with Kiddo that if he learned to tie his shoes I'd replace the DS. Now I'm sure his incentive will be nil. I've got him making good knots but the bows are rather painful. Oh, well. And this too shall pass.

Started out sunny but it's getting cloudy. Supposed to have more of that rainy stuff by tonight. If we do the rivers, which are still extremely high, will probably really flood. Perhaps the gov'mint can send us some of the newly printed dollars to help out. We could use a patch for that leaky bottom step in the basement. Not sure why it's acting up. Grampa fixed up the other leak which was much worse and this one has popped up. Water just loves to travel its own way.

UCONN women playing at noon. Hoping they're on their game. Tennessee lost so we'll certainly not be playing Pat Summit any time soon. Too bad. She's a lot of fun. Just whines a bit too much about Geno. Will also be able to send in those hateful tax forms. Son has given us great help with his Turbo Tax. What a blessing! All I've had to do is make copies and they'll be on their way. Good riddance.

Quote: Abused patience turns to fury. __ Quarles

And what can brown do for you . . .

View of places to stay in Denali National Park.

Oh my. I decided to go up the hill and rake the leaves near the wall so I could uncover the daffodils, iris's and green runners Aunt C had given me last year. What a lot of leaves. Grampa came out with the shredder to help get rid of the huge piles I had and I used my lovely, sturdy brown wagon. What a neat wagon it is! I can dump the wagon with a special handle just like a dump truck. I didn't know that. What a nice surprise. It a whole lot easier than the barrow or a regular wagon. I'm all hot and sweaty, even got the hat band damp! Now that's a lot of work. Grampa even took me walking today so I should sleep like a baby tonight.

Had a slight catastrophe yesterday. Got a call in Groton to come and pick up Kiddo at school because he had fallen off of the top step to the slides and right down into the wood chips. He hurt his head and so we had to be careful of a possible concussion. I had to wake him up twice during the night just to make sure he could wake up. Fun. He's a good kid and a trooper and we all survived. Of course I brought him to the Hobby Shop and we bought Connect Four and two new Bakugan. He plays a pretty impressive game of Connect Four. He's starting to "strategize!"

Well Puppy's Pop is all finished with his shower and making sure he didn't get any ticks so now I'll clean up too. Then pepper steak on rice for supper.

Quote: Never rise to speak till you have something to say; and when you have said it, cease. __Witherspoon

Same old . . .same old

Not much going on today; gray, rainy, cold, miserable but a bit of sunshine at Lizzy B's as we bumped into Puppy's Pop's older brother and his wife. I'm going to try to download an article that I got off of a motorcycle forum. It's really quite funny. To read it click on it once or twice and it should magnify so it is legible.

Quote: For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever present sense of humor . . . __G H Cheever