The Waters

The sun finally came out today after a lot of rain! Quite a bit of the city is flooded. But I am so very thankful that we did not get near what our neighbors in North Carolina did. This picture is the ground where you saw the groundhog in my last post. The entire area is flooded, including any burrows. But I 'm sure he found high ground.

This little rest stop  was mostly under water.

A lot of people were out walking and taking pictures.

“The fire of love stops at nothing— it sweeps everything before it. Flood waters can’t drown love, torrents of rain can’t put it out. Love can’t be bought, love can’t be sold— it’s not to be found in the marketplace.”

Song Of Solomon 8

At The River's Edge

The South River is just behind our backyard. It is also all around us. But we are up rather high, so are not too worried about flooding. Today during a break from the rain, we went to the river's edge.

This is what we found.

The groundhogs were out, eating to prepare for hibernation. Notice his shiny black hands, like he is wearing leather gloves. I do hope his burrow doesn't get flooded.

I am the daughter of Earth and Water,

And the nursling of the Sky;

I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;

I change, but I cannot die....

~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Cloud"

Today's Beauty

Driving to the grocery and drug stores, this is what it looked like here today. SO thankful for this!

Then I spotted this in an alley. Even with autumn upon us, and the storm coming on Monday, this Wild Sunflower bush had bloomed almost overnight it seemed!

There was also a whole lot of clucking going on. This hen was also looking at the flowers, perhaps guarding them from us! The watch hen never moved, just clucked and clucked until we left.

“An acre of land between the shore and the hills...

A garden I need never go beyond,

Broken but neat, whose sunflowers every one

Are fit to be the sign of the Rising Sun...”

~Edward Thomas 

Guard Rail

Awhile ago, we happened to drive by this cute painted guard rail in a parking lot.

This is one end.

And this is the other end.

“And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4

The Cloud

The hurricane has slowed down and changed course a bit. So now we get a break until maybe Sunday!! So I get to continue posting for awhile. One day while we were out, this huge cloud loomed. I took three pictures as it changed a bit. There was no storm, just this giant cloud.

Notice the light coming out from under the cloud here.

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”  ~Rabindranath Tagore

Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence is coming in a couple days, and we are right in the path. Our state and several surrounding ones have already been declared a disaster. I will continue to visit and comment for another day or so,  but this will be my last post before the storm hits. I will be unplugging my computer before the weekend. Widespread damage is expected. I will post and let you know as soon as I am able. In the meantime, here are some of my favorite rainy day pictures!

"We can't control the storm, but we can choose where we fix our eyes."

Difference Between...

A lot of people around here have burros as yard decoration. So I snapped a few from a couple blocks away to show you. Do you know the difference between a donkey and a burro?

Burro is the Spanish word for Donkey. Nowadays, they are both used to describe the same animal. Donkeys are domesticated and tame, while Burros are small wild donkeys. And that's the difference!

Oops, not a donkey. A Carousel horse! I have never seen one in someone's yard before, so I had to show you!

“Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your King is coming to you, Gentle, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

Matthew 21