So, yes, we both woke up late, because the power went out sometime in the night. And I was confused, because there was this silver haze in the window. And then I realized that the whole front yard was under water. Water was flowing everywhere, including into the garage.
And the Butcher just handled it. I was a crying mess, but he got out bags of dirt and sandbagged the garage. He rescued a shovel and the watering can. He waded around the yard rescuing things and moving things up out of the water and taking pictures and just basically handling it.
He even went out and procured some cookies.
Our water is receding, somehow. It’s still raining, but I have to guess that our water is going down because people downstream are suffering. If you’re not seeing it on your news, it’s hard to explain. Whole areas under water, people needing to be rescued, people dying, and the rain is just coming and coming and coming.
If you are seeing it on your news, it’s a weird feeling, like you almost can’t bear to watch any more, but how can you not watch? Not witness for your neighbors what they’re going through?
You want to do something, but there’s nothing to be done. They keep asking people to stay home; that’s what you can do to help, just stay out of the way.
We here, at my house, have been very, very lucky.
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Hope everything works out for you, I found your blog while looking for Nashville area blogs as my husband has family in Smyrna, Claksville, Murfreesboro and Mt Juliet and the national news really hasn’t been saying much about what is happening except in Nashville. A word on tiny cats pants, don’t actually try it I have 3 cats with no pants (I like the skin on my hands attached , thanks!)
I hope all is well and things are starting to dry out. I saw Nashville on the news tonight and it looked pretty crazy. I’m putting a good thought out into the universe that all your gardens are safe.
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