Fishing!

 One of the first stops was to wash the boat. It didn't work very well, because the rag was dirtier than the boat. So I quit and we went looking for some fish.

If you look closely, you can see the debris line on the access road dropping from it's all-time high spot down to where it is now. The water has come down about 10 feet in the last couple of weeks, but still has a long way to go.

The rest of the chores

 We're installing the cabinet for the A/C unit. I'm outside and Heather is inside.

Ready to rock and roll. We put the unit in and turned it on. Today was hot and it feels much nicer in the house.

Chores today

 This was today's main chore. The yard and pasture both needed mowing. I didn't have any problems until the end.

I was trying to get the drainage ditch in the horse pasture mowed, but the water was a bit deeper than I anticipated. The front end dropped too far down to back it out. We pulled it out with the 4-wheeler.

Finally going fishing again

 We were more than ready to go fishing again. Today we finally got our chance and took it.

 The floodwaters are still over the access roads, but you gotta love the streetlights out in the lake.

 The dock is usually a couple yards off the shoreline. It was a bit further out than that today.

 I caught one! It wasn't very big, but they are all fun to catch.

 You can see how much the water has dropped in the last week or so. It's still about 30 FEET higher normal though.

Heather got the first one and also the last one. Mine was the one in the middle. We had a pretty day on the lake.

Samantha and her new ones

Samantha had twins last night. Obviously they aren't identical twins, but they are doing well. We don't know what they are yet, but Lisa will find out when they get their shots later today.

Away we go Moe

 We set up a little corral with the bunch of sheep in it, Moe included. Then we got him separated from the rest of them and up the ramp into the "goat gofer". Our plan worked good this time.

It's a very good size to transport a sheep or two. Two big ewes would fit in there with no trouble. Fleming Meat Packers weighed him at 105 lbs. on his way in. He looked bigger than that.

Yesterday and today

 This was a "yesterday" shot. I got the tires swapped over on the back axle of the truck. These are the old tires that I took off just before winter last year. They still have some tread and they are a heavier duty tire. I want to finish wearing them out before getting new ones.

 Also a "yesterday" shot. I finished mowing the pasture across the street and then mowed ours. Well, most of it. There are still some spots that haven't come back yet.

 This was the first thing we did this morning. Heather was on Tessa, but I forgot my camera and didn't get any pictures of her. I'll try and do better in the future.

 Then I put the heavier tires to work. I got another load of dirt and finished off the first waterline trench and seeded it. The greenhousees are almost out of dirt now. I hope they get more in.

 I cut out a sheet of plywood for Heather. She is making new whelping boxes for her bunnies. I'm sure they will like them.

Then I got the garden taken care of. I made the garden about 4 feet wider and we put up the tomato fence. Most of our spinach drowned, so I planted some more, as well as some onions. The lettuce is doing well, as are the collard plants.

More dirt and some plants

 This is where the load of dirt on my truck went. It took care of a big chunk of the ditch, even though it's been getting bigger from all the rain.

 This is where the load on Heather's truck went. It covered about half of the septic tank cover and the trenches from her tires after the truck got stuck. The getting stuck was kind of expected. That's why I left some dirt in the truck until afterward.

These are our tomatoes and cucumber plants for the garden. I hope it will stay dry enough to plant them in the garden in the next day or two.

Irvine Mushroom Festival

 It was a beautiful drive to Irvine to the festival. Notice the lack of raindrops on the windshield. They all came earlier this morning, but then stopped for most of the day.

 A serious chainsaw carving. They really like their mushrooms here.

This is almost all of the festival. I think the rain had a lot to do with the empty spaces in between the few vendors that stayed on. I only found 3 that were actually selling mushrooms. There was also a rock and gem show going on and a church revival in progress. I'll have to come back to this one another time when the weather is better.