Whatcha doing today?

[Tara]

@JamieB be careful going to work, getting stuck in mud is no fun. Hope is does not damage your house.

 

[JamieB]

Hang in there @JamieB I hope that water stays out of your house.
So good of you to care for those poor pups.

The house is just barely on a small rise, just enough to keep it dry!

@JamieB be careful going to work, getting stuck in mud is no fun. Hope is does not damage your house.

yeah, no work today. My manager can’t get to work, much less to get me!
Due to the lay of the land, there are areas the water is only ankle deep to depths of knee deep. I’ve decided to wait till tomorrow to try to go to town. I’ll fill my army duffel bag with a few air filled trash bags, just in case, then see if I can make it to town, so long as the bridge is above water, I’ll be ok. I just need dog food, milk, and cigarettes. A trash bag for those to keep them dry, and other bags of air as flotation in case I fall, and I’m good!

 

[JamieB]

I rescued two little ring neck snakes from the water. These are small shy bug eaters, very sweet for a snake. I placed them in the defunct strawberry bed, it’s warm and dry there, safe from the floodwaters.

 

[addy1]

I rescued two little ring neck snakes from the water. These are small shy bug eaters, very sweet for a snake. I placed them in the defunct strawberry bed, it’s warm and dry there, safe from the floodwaters.

So proud of you! I would save everything I could save.

 

[Tara]

ring neck snakes from the water

Cute snake, I have never seen one of those. You are one kind lady to save them.

 

[j.w]

@JamieB Good for you saving critters and braving your way through those flood waters. Please be careful!

 

[BarbO]

The house is just barely on a small rise, just enough to keep it dry!

yeah, no work today. My manager can’t get to work, much less to get me!
Due to the lay of the land, there are areas the water is only ankle deep to depths of knee deep. I’ve decided to wait till tomorrow to try to go to town. I’ll fill my army duffel bag with a few air filled trash bags, just in case, then see if I can make it to town, so long as the bridge is above water, I’ll be ok. I just need dog food, milk, and cigarettes. A trash bag for those to keep them dry, and other bags of air as flotation in case I fall, and I’m good!

Yep, I knew your military training would come in handy!

 

[JamieB]

@JamieB Good for you saving critters and braving your way through those flood waters. Please be careful!

If any one else is dealing with flooding, please note: I’m being safe doing this. Stayed in shallow water, ( knee deep at best) in in current I didn’t have to fight much. I didn’t venture beyond where I could easily get out. If the current had managed to knock my feet out, I have a fence to get caught in on one side, and shallows ( ankle deep) the other way it would push me. If you are forced to risk flood waters that may sweep you away, be smart. A lightweight backpack with a trash bag full of air can help you stay afloat, get back to the surface, be sure the trash bag is sturdy, not just tied by the strings, a zip tie, but knotted at the top. This is only a last resort, not a guaranteed way to get to safety.
I know the terrain, and what to watch for with snakes, how to handle them safely, and which to run screaming like a little girl from. Water moccasins, copperheads, etc, are solid nopes! I’d have rescued any coral snakes with my fish net, and moved it to safety, cause they aren’t aggressive, but never handle a snake you aren’t absolutely 100% sure is safe. The big fish nets work to catch small snakes from water, I’d have used it on spiders too. The only spiders I saw were the wolf spiders that run on water, and one tiny hunting spider that hitched a ride unbeknownst to me on my leg. I have no fear of spiders, not even black widows, very few snakes, but I do have a healthy respect for all of them.

 

[JamieB]

Cute snake, I have never seen one of those. You are one kind lady to save them.

In my area, they tend to be found under stuff that’s been flat to the ground, or wood that’s been piled up a long time. They like ants and termites. A shy, non aggressive snake, they can be found single or multiples, all chilling out in the same area. My husband doesn’t like snakes, and even he is ok with them so long as they are outside!

 

[Gemma]

Not much I can do during the week now, I get off work with not enough daylight left to do anything outdoor and so rain or shine I'll have to spend the next few weekends pulling the (hundreds) plants I want to winterize, and cleaning flowerbeds so that next Spring they're ready for the new mulch.

This weekend if it doesn't rain we should be able to fill the new pond and get it running. It already has several resident frogs (I stopped relocating them to the other pond) and a few water bugs, and the birds are allover it. I think it's cute that the wildlife is as anxious as me to get this pond going

I'm so bored right now, not sure why

 

[Tara]

Its going to rain so its inside for me today. Have finished a room with mud and tape, so now I get to do more painting after Lunch. The best part about painting a room is when its finished. I hear you @Gemma some days for no reason just feel boring sometimes.

 

[JamieB]

You’re suffering the lack of pond interaction like I am. I’m going to miss it all winter. That’s why I’m bringing a tank in! I’ll see if I can overwinter some of my plants inside, and just two fish.

 

[j.w]

Got my bottom pond filter cleaned and stuck back on the pump tubing w/o the media so it can still run the waterfall all winter. Will clean out the DIY filter that is sitting up on the edge eventually. Just want to keep it running as long as I can. We don't get much freezing around here so prolly could run it all winter but not sure if I will or not. So nice and sunny out there today!

 

[Gemma]

You’re suffering the lack of pond interaction like I am..

I think you're right! I show all the signs of PDS ( pond deficiency syndrome) I should've known

I miss my babies

and now I can only enjoy them on weekends

 

[addy1]

Watching it rain! again