We took one last trip to our house today... as the water encroaches ever closer to the roads leading to our home. We will have to wait until the water is high enough enter the property by Kayak to go back and see just how high the water will get. WE are praying for a miracle, even a small one. We are going to lose the furnace and hot water heater because the water will surely fill the crawl space. I don't know how to move back into a house devastated by water. I never imagined in my wildest dreams that this river with all its "dam" control would bring so much uncertainty and angst in my life.
I had to say goodbye to my flowers. Of course, with out our activity the deer took the liberty of eating off the daisies, and poppies and I'm sure Lola's irises are next. My garlic looks marvelous and we ate as many small radishes as possible today. My lettuce mix is doing well, the bugs like it as much as I do... but I had to try all the varieties. There are kohlrabi and beets coming up too, but I didn't even take the time to thin them. If the river floods and then recedes fast enough, we will have a marvelous potato crop. If not, well... maybe the incoming carp can eat their fill.
Now that the sandbagging is winding down and we are bracing for the full force of this first flush I'm going to plant my community garden. I almost can't stand the wait. I hope I can find all my seeds. I checked my tomato plants on Thursday - they look wonderful. With warm weather and high humidity, they should really produce and if they all produce, and I cannot can or pressure can like I had hoped, I will take them to AID Inc. and offer my pounds to the Hunger Free ND Garden Project.
I'm also thinking that maybe I will have time to work on the cookbook project for the Germans from Russia. I had a minor setback this week with being very tired and so very preoccupied with the flood... but I'm hoping after the garden and some sleep I will be able to get back in the swing again. I took some photos, but my card reader as well as other things are at the office. Yes, I have an office. My at home job didn't last very long and I'm sorely disappointed... but I'm glad I still have a job. So here's a list of things that keep me going.
1. I'm going to get chickens, one or two, for sure when I have dry land again.
2. I'm going to get a new couch.
3. Maybe I'm going to get a new house... we are thinking about a yurt so we can pick it up and leave when the next flood comes.
4. Maybe I'm going to get a farm inland.
5. I'm not going to collect so much stuff...
6. I'm never ever going to complain about the dust on the floor ever again.
There may be more, I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, appreciate your friends and your home no matter the size or number cause just like that... well, you know. I'll keep you posted on the garden and the cookbook project which I have been wanting to do for decades... Gute Essen.
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