Sawyer is 2 and the River is High

Carbon Spot is

quilted and has the binding on it. Now I need to sit in front of the TV and sew it down.

Yesterday was Sawyer's second birthday!  We were at Diane's house in Addis for a crawfish and a party for the kid.

 I gave him the Board I made with all the chains, locks, switches, plugs and levers on it.  I haunted Habitat for Humanity Resale store and Harbor Freight to get all the pieces to put on it.

As cool as this was, Jason gave him a bubble blower...….he LOVED it of course!


I took this photo from the Mississippi River Bridge I have shown you in photos standing on the levee.  You can see the flooded area between the levee and the trees where grass usually is.  If you see the green roof, that is the walkway to the casino and just beyond it, the white object is the American Queen Riverboat that came in mid afternoon Friday.

We went down to the River Saturday morning and talked to several people from the riverboat and took photos of the letters in the levee.

The water is down about 6 feet this weekend.  Slowly going down, but still flooding!

High Water in My Backyard -- Nearly (oh and a stash report)

This is the normally dry area behind my house.  People often walk their dogs in there, but now it is pretty full of water!










This is the canal  in my subdivision.  It is high, very high. I will take some photos at normal level to show you later in the week.

BIG Difference!  Just wait and see!

Our flooding risk comes from the Amite River.  That is pronounced with a long A and Mitt (like Mitt Romney.)  Conversely, the nearby Comite river is pronounced Co-Meet.

  

Used this week	-14.00	Used this month	19.50	Used this year	-82.00
Bought this week	0.00	Bought this month	0.00	Bought this year	20.00
Plus or minus	-14.00	Plus or minus	19.50	Plus or minus	-62.00

I did a few things this week, but not a whole lot.

Actually, I counted the whole Reflection quilt.  I used a bunch of batik and hand dyed Fat Quarters for the top and some batiks for the backing. I am estimating based upon the size, I guess I could go and see it I could dig up the pattern.......but that seemed too much trouble.