I'm having a tough time looking back at the past year. Not because it was a bad year but because it all seems to blur together in hindsight. What did I do in 2015? I published 4 books. Everything else gets fuzzy around the edges when I try to look beyond that. I'll try to do an actual wrap-up on Sunday or something.
The flood waters here are starting to recede. Which is good because I really have to go to the store and I've been holding off so I don't accidentally wind up driving through a low-lying floody spot. (There are loads of low spots. And loads of high spots. Hey, it's the Ozarks. It definitely ain't flat around here.) Now that the water is leaving here, they're getting floody east and south of us - because that's pretty much where the 'here' waters are going. Heading for the mighty Mississippi. Cumulative waters from here, there, and everywhere are making it particularly nasty for anyone along Ol' Man River.
I did not get pictures of the wet weather creek here. Sorry. It was too wet to go out, and then it was too cold, and now the stream is going away again.
Speaking of pictures, we had a hawk hanging out around the house yesterday. Unfortunately, everywhere he landed was behind branches so pics were problematic. He finally landed on the wires, but then he wouldn't look toward the house.
That bitch squirrel who had babies in our house last year is desperately trying to get back inside the eaves. She chewed a hole in the north side. We kicked her out and put flashing over that. She chewed a hole in the south side. We kicked her out and put flashing over that. Now she's chewing on the soffits in frustration. Sorry, lady, but you need to find another place to call home for the winter. Go build yourself a leaf nest for petesakes. That's what the other squirrels are doing. Find a tree already. I'm considering a Nerf gun. I don't want to hurt her, but I want to discourage her from chewing on my house.
What on your This n That plate for today?
That's a beautiful hawk. They do get stubborn sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThis is the last day of the year. How the hell did that happen so fast?
And that's all I got. I have to get out but I need more coffee first.
Happy New Year's Eve!
Happy new year.
ReplyDeleteOur roads were flooded too, but they finally receded.
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They've been a nuisance this year. I shook my fist at one of them yesterday and told him I was going to make dinner out of him. I'm pretty sure he gave me the finger.
I can understand why it was a blur - you were a badass in 2015 with all those books coming out!! Glad the flooding is getting better.
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