Springing

A couple of weeks ago, we went for a drive........

....... to check out the reports of flooding we were hearing on the local news media.  Sure enough - there were several flooded areas..... this river is usually about 5 feet lower than the road.... and as you can see it is flowing across the road now.  Poppa drove through very carefully and we did get across.  Further along the way....

.... we saw homes with the water up to the door...........

.......... some folks had piled sandbags along their doors to try to keep the water out.........

.... for others it was way beyond sandbags.  This is only a sample.  There were several other areas where the water was high and a lot of properties were damaged by the water.  Fortunately our house was fine and didn't seem any the worse for the long, hard winter which everyone was talking about.  Fast forward to May, and I'm happy to report that the water has receded and spring is arriving.   Of course this is the cue for Poppa....

......... to get  busy and wash his truck.  While he did that, I wandered around.....

............ in search of some nice spring pictures.  The forsythia is blooming.....

......... there are buds on the trees.............

............ these little blue flowers that come up early every spring are putting on a nice display.....

.... and of course, the orange lilies are already sprouting - and I think they've grown another three inches since I took this picture!  But....

.......... what is Poppa doing (while Squeegie supervises)?????