A Time to Rain, and a Time to Stop Raining (we hope)

After about 6" of rain this past week, the forecast looks great for the first week of June.  We went from extreme drought to flooding in about a month's time!  The spring rains normally end around the first of June.  Usually that isn't a good thing, but we are in need of some drying out after all of our recent storms!  The lakes are overflowing, the river is flooding, and the ground is totally saturated, with puddles everywhere.  I'm really looking forward to some sunshiny days!

This week we started cutting back our mulberry tree in the front yard.  It is HUGE!  We plan to put in a second driveway on the south side of the house, and the limbs on that side had to be cut back.  So we are trimming it all around...a LOT.  We've already cut and hauled off 8 truckloads...and are only about half way done.  It will really do our front yard a lot of good...opening it up to more sunshine.  We hope to finish the job this next week while the weather is (supposed to be) nice. 

We walked about 4 miles at the state park on Monday.  Then tonight, Sheila called to see if we wanted to go again.  She wanted to accompany us this time.  So after supper, we went for a 3 mile walk on the trail.  It was a gorgeous evening for walking!  We saw several deer, but they were too skittish to be photographed.  Dennis was able to get a picture of one of the several cottontails that we saw.  Such an enjoyable evening!

We are planning a quick trip in a couple of weeks to the Texas Hill Country.  My youngest CASA baby has been moved down there to live with some extended family.  I'm wanting to go see him and meet his new caregivers.  It ought to be a great trip.  We love to drive through the Hill Country!  We enjoy looking for deer are hoping to see some fawns on the trip.  The country down there is absolutely gorgeous!

Until next time...take care and keep your feet dry!