carolyncat353's Blog

So much going on today.  We are having bad rain/weather issues and the river where Petey lives is rising.  But-First-my neighbor called me around noon today and told me her 11/12 year old nephew died suddenly-apparently of the flu!!  He was feeling real bad Monday-went to the doctor yesterday(Tuesday)-got medicine-this morning he told his step mother  he felt really tired and was going to lay down.  She passed his room and looked in on him-and something didn't seem right-the boy had DIED! What a Heartbreaker!!  I had seen the boy several times-he played in the yard next door & I would watch them play chase & toss baseball/football/soccer balls around-this is so terrible!  I just can't imagine the parent's pain!!!  This flu strain is nothing to take casually-even when you've been to the doctor it is bad!! Please don't try to treat it yourself!

Came home a little early, because the river is rising and more rain expected tomorrow (2-8 inches-what a span!), and strong, strong south winds that blows the Gulf up into the lakes & rivers- so flooding is predicted.  I walked out my back door to check the area as usual, and a whole covey of tweety birds flew up from my patio-BUT 2 feet off my patio a hawk flew off with a large bird in its claws!  It circled my back yard neighbors house, flew back over my house, and dropped the bird in my front yard-and flew to a small tree in the front and just watched me (Peanut's running out and barking of course!).  I assumed it was a dove-but when I checked- it was a PIGEON! A LARGE pigeon!  I was always laughing because Motley would stalk the pigeons and they were as big as her-Makes me wonder-did a Hawk get my Motley?

So-on to Petey's house on the river-Thankfully his daughter,her boyfriend and 16 year old grandson showed up to help move things.  We don't expect a major flood-but if you have 6 inches or 3 feet-it's all the same!  Cleaning up the mud is the nasty part-So we are waiting to see how much rain we get-and how much rain they get above us, because it all drains into the Calcasieu River (pronounced Cal-Ca-Shew), which runs right in front of Petey's house.  If it floods bad, I will have Pete, his beagle dog, and 2 crazy cats at my house.  I hope it's not bad.  Sooooo-I'll let you know the circumstances later!