Waiting for the Ground to Accept the Water

We did our share of playing in the water yesterday. Why not make some fun out of a bad situation? Isaiah spent most of the day with the neighbor boys in the water and then on the trampoline. Not a very safe combination. No harm came, thank God. Sydney, Mackenna and Ethan came for awhile while their mom went to an appointment she had. It took everything I had to convince Ethan he could take off his jeans and wear one of Isaiah's boxers to go out into the water. Once he was out there, he didn't think about the boxers again.

Our family room carpets are just about dry....a little damp in places but almost there. There is rain forcast for tonight and I hope and pray it misses us. My poor purple petunias are still drowning this morning. The water has receded a bunch but we still have part of our yard under water. And I? I just think of petunias and perenials......many in our area are concerned for their crops that are underwater. Farmers took great risks just putting seed in the ground this year considering the high cost of fuel for their equipment and the increase in price of all the other things they use. It cost my brother four hundred dollars to fill his tractor tank once. That lasts about a day when planting corn. It would be devastating to have to plant again if the plants drown. Everywhere one drove yesterday, one would see farmers with shovels or bigger equipment attempting to find a way to free a path for the water to run off their crops. A desperation was in the air.