good morning from mindy

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Registered: 09-19-2003
good morning from mindy
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Tue, 06-10-2008 - 7:26am







havent posted in a while except to other posts. nothing really going on too exciting in my life outside of my grandkids and my garden and of course meeting the gals in brookfield in may and thank god you gals came in may. waukesha county was hit hard by the storms,total flooding there and people have a boil water order!


 its so nice to see everything green and growing again,after that long snowy winter,but sadly too,it has been replaced by some really bad storms here! rich and i have been pretty lucky, as is brother bob,next door to us. with all the rain we have been getting,our basements have little water in them. my son last nite,had to pull out all the carpeting in his basement,as it was totally watersoaked.even our neighbors had to pump out their basements.as i drove around today,there are many homes with lots of damaged property strewn into their front yards,many roads that i drove on saturday,are now only passable with a boat. on saturday there were over 3000 lightening strikes in milwaukee alone,20,000 in all of the southeast section of wisconsin. as i was looking out the back window,i could hear the weatherman,on the tv,warning milwaukee residents to get into the basement and do not look out the windows..well,hell, who listens to weathermen.@@ i couldnt believe the formation of the clouds..a large lacy mass of black blew over us and it was being fed by small twirling clouds beneath it..thankfully were so close to the lake that it drew it in! but not so lucky were the east side residents rite across the bridge from us. they did have lots of damage to homes there as trees were totally uprooted and thrown onto houses and into the streets! we also heard on the news today that up at the wisconsin dells,which is a great resort town,2 hours away from us,that our family and  many families from all over went and enjoyed lake delton, mirror lake and the wisconsin river,well lake delton is no more..it overflowed into the wisconsin river,taking with it,many expensive homes.the damn untouched. our governor is demanding the water be put back..LOL..hold on gov,i ll see if i can contact moses!!@@  its only june and im afraid to see what july and august have to offer us! other then that you will find me in my garden,talking to the chipmunks squirrels and oh yes,i have a baby morning dove that has taken up residence in my backyard.if im not talking to myself,im talking with the animals! thank god the neighbors know me,or they would think me crazy.. Clubok well maybe a little crazy...LOL....hugs mindy 





                              


 


 

    

                      

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Registered: 09-19-2003
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 3:39pm
cindy,like i said,its good you guys came when you did. brookfield is in waukesha county and they had their share of flooding there. now west of us in mukwanago,their keeping an eye on the dam,any more rain,and its gone.yes yes the animals do talk to us..LOL...infact i have a daily show here,their constantly entertaining me..today this darn squirrel

    

                      

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Registered: 09-19-2003
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 3:41pm

it was doreen,and i think it mite be headed your way,if its not there already!! those storms are bad!! hugs min

    

                      

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Registered: 03-01-2006
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 5:48pm

Hola, mindita!


so good to see you posting here.


you have had some wicked weather out there! we saw that lake that drained and the houses that collapsed


we had a some of our own last night..storms knocked out our electricity for 12 hrs


we saw a lot of trees down today


remember when we were sick of the snow and couldn't wait for spring /summer? LOL


we have had some animal antics out here too, besides the turtles ....yesterday: a goose parade!


12 geese..adults and goslings..marching down the middle of the road, single file..dgd,2, loved it!


and I talked to the turtles..tried to tell them this wasn't a good place to lay eggs..don't think they listened!


hugs

Dutch


Adding color to spring flowers




Dutch

 

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 06-11-2008 - 11:23pm

LOL Min, your animal stories are so dang cute!
And I love the smilies you use; I used to have that
smiley site, will need to download it again for
this browser.


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~*~ Aloha to all .... ~*~

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Registered: 02-13-2005
Thu, 06-12-2008 - 3:56am

Hi Mindy...It was so good to finally meet you at the May meet. You are a wonderful gal and I hope to see you again sometime.


Hey, please send some of that rain down our way, we are so dry and need it so badly.


Talking to the backyard animals, doesn't everyone do that, I surely do, lol. Love and


BIG HUGS...Free

 

 

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