Sorry I have been MIA for a few days....... I took a few days off.....for some R & R and then got a doozy of a cold and cough. Ugh. I had been pretty good all winter....then it hit. And boy, did it knock me down. Nasty stuff ! I here it is all over the country.... I hope you are all well and didn't get this nasty cough and cold.
Anyway..............back to blogging.......... Let's see if there is anything new. ????
Well, here in the Red River Valley we are in "spring flood mode".......so far it doesn't look to bad......I hate to use the word "normal" flooding..... but right now that is what it looks like we will get........ What we DON'T want is anymore snow or rain.....that would kick things into high gear and cause really major flooding. Temps this week in the low 40's.....so that isn't too bad....a slow melt is what we really need.
In my pet world......our old Sam is still hanging in there......he got a nasty cold too ! Poor old guy.....he is getting a bit better from that every day.... He is eating and sleeping...guess that is about all he can do at his age.
The dogs are enjoying the sunny times on the back deck...if they would only stay out of the MUD.
I have some sewing projects in the works and will have some pictures of those soon !!
Have a good day everyone !!!
Thanks for stopping by..............
This is the off ramp to get off I-29.... hmmm that water should not be there ! 
Air boats are staged here in case we need them. 
Don't like all that water there............much too close to coming into town. 
What we didn't know at that time was that just north of the Harwood exit there was 7 miles of water to drive through . The traffic was stopped and backed up for about 10 miles at that time. 
Water as far as you can see in ALL directions. this picture is looking east . None of that water is supposed to be there. 
Have you ever seen a snow plow plowing water ??.....He is scraping the debris off the side of the road that is washing up onto the highway. 
"Stay in the middle" 
This is the new bridge where they raised the bridge to go over "this little slough" that goes under the interstate... by mid summer this is barely a trickle. 
right at the edge of the road........it feels like you are driving through an ocean. 
And this morning it is raining........... 
the field just east of the river. 
the field just east of the bridge 
the interstate keeps this water from coming directly into town.......but the river goes north a bit ......goes under the interstate....and backs up the ditches and tries to sneak into town that way. 
One cold snowy November night I found him wandering at the gas station across the street from where we lived. He was definitely lost and looking for someone. You could tell he had not been a outside cat...he was clean and white and very lost. So I took him home......took a picture of him and put it up in the gas station....and I was sure that someone would call and claim him. But they never did.... We named him Sam......and he was a crazy cat !.... It would take me days to write about all the funny things he did and how much we enjoyed and loved him for the past 22 years.. But I do want you to know that he was the best cat and tough as nails. It has only been the past few months that his health failed and he developed a thyroid condition and we did do medication for that...but at his age we knew it was not a condition that we could cure. I promised that when the time came I would do the right thing..... The past couple weeks he got weaker and thinner and last night.....he told me that he was tired and needed to rest......As hard as it is to do... it was time to say good-bye. 
So......Good-bye Sam boy.........you were the best.
