Sitting in the Catbird Seat

I had the opportunity this evening to sit back and relax while on the way home from my husband's family's summer get-together today. Obviously, the first thing I would do would be to grab my camera and start taking pictures. No, really.

It looks like storms are in store for someone. Hint: we are headed west at this point.

My daughter, who was driving my brand new car, pointed out that this was a striking picture: the smoke stacks spewing out its white vaporous eruption against the dark, stormy sky. I had to agree and hastened to comply with a suitable photo.

Do you remember the flash floods that some neighboring towns suffered just two weeks ago? This is one farmer's field that is now ruined as a result of that event.

The floods even compromised the integrity of this heavily traveled state route. Now, the state is forced to come in and fix the situation.

This was about the only car dealership in Martinsville, Indiana that wasn't flooded out. They even advertise this fact with a sign that proclaims "We're Open, No Flood Cars Here").

And all the way home we watch the arrival of this storm.

And yet the sun still breaks through.

Mother Nature Hits a Grand Slam

What a week, what a night! The third major storm in a week has had a major impact on our area. We personally were lucky: we were on the southern edge of the storm and only got 1 1/2 inches of rain and we live high on a ridge. Further north, they were not so lucky. Some areas got 11 inches of rain overnight. As you can imagine, this has caused a great many problems. As it now stands, you cannot leave Bloomington by routes north, east or west. Given a few hours, I think that the southern routes will be cut off.

Now you must understand: both central and southern Indiana is a land-locked area with a few lazily flowing rivers meandering through the countryside. And yet, here we are in deep doo-doo, or water, and even areas that haven't received any rain are experiencing flooding. Who knew? Who needs soap operas when we have mother nature?