FLOOD OF 2008 COMES TO MIND

 I just realized that this is my 101 post so I thought that since it's been raining and raining I would post some pictures of the last flood of 2008. This flood was very costly for our farm business. We got compensated for a fraction of our actual cost because we are in a flood zone.

 When the Power Commission turned off the power without warning, our sub pump stopped pumping and our basement flooded badly for over a week. Since the water came through seepage and not through the windows  I was covered through my insurance for my ceramic business. Lucky for me that the water stopped rising within one inch from the bottom of the window.

          View of part of the backyard  from the the roof top looking toward my little shed

 Looking from the lower roof, unto the deck. A pot of something cooking on the  camp stove

                  Looking down at the double flower beds near the back of the garage

Our sole mode of transportation to get to the main road so we can  drive  the car half an hour to go milk the cows and half an hour to come back, twice a day. The tractor was on the road which is next to the river in front of our yard. You can't tell where the river 's edge begins and the road is.  The hedge which you can't see was the guiding mark.

                                         The house next door was sold just days before the flood.

The blue house was sold and you can see that the water was coming through the windows. Our  farm  is in the background. Photo taken from upstair window.

                                           Paint cans floating on our basement steps.

To give you an idea of the depth of the water, this fan is a tall floor model.

This photo was taken from between the upper step on the basement stairs. The kiln room door is open and my kiln is totally under water.

Prior to the flood which we thought wouldn't be any worst that what we were used to, we put up stuff on higher ground so everything is not where it belongs. The water came higher and higher.

This was an old sink in my ceramic shop and you can see that the water had gone up almost to the switch.

When the water receeded my heavy wet molds were too heavy and the shelvs colapsed under the weight. All the molds that were submerged were a total lost and damaged beyond repair as the plaster got all pitted and the details were desolved by the flood. I had about 3500 molds in the basement and the rest were ok in the garage. I had some stored  in a building at the farm too that were a total lost. 
                                           Two electronic kilns, a total lost.

                                       Slelves all warped in the pouring room.

My small pouring Machine damaged and on its side. Not shown, my large pouring table was also damaged. I still have many more photos but my post is full for this evening. Will continue tomorrow.  JB

IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL RETURN

Most of  trees are bare now around here. Just the sturdier one have some leaves still hanging on. The sky is gray and and the air is damp. There used to be all kinds of birds in the backyard and this past week, I noticed fewer birds. So I dicided that it's time to give them a helping hand again as the colder weather returns and put food out for them.

I took apart one of my feeder and and scrubed it clean, filled it with small black sunflower seeds and hung it back on the hook. Now I hope that the regular birds returns to the feeder. The large gray squirrils are so destructive, they have destroyed many of my feeders even when I hung them the in the middle of the windows. They would try until they would find a way to jump on them and chew the base until they were useless.  Notice the path to the barn cutting through my back yard.  I thought many time to plant some day-lilies on each side then I thought that it would be more work for me.

This is 4 of my wire compost bins that I filed with debris for the flower beds.  Each ones are about 4x4x4 feet so that a whole lot of dead garden debris. I used to mulch it to reduse the volume and speed the decomposting but I damaged the old mower I was using when I ran over a piece of metal bar that was partially hidden in the ground near the barn. So now I just let nature take her good old time.

Today I weeded half of the vegetable garden in between rain drops and kept asking Jesus to please hold the rain until I was finished and it would stop sprinkling and as soon as it started again I asked again to please hold the rain back and to give it to those who needed it more than us and it would stop. I did this five times and each time the sprinkles stopped. As soon as I came in to wash my muddy hands to go to the barn, the rain started.

I and was going to take a photo of the vegetable garden half weeded but had to rush back to the barn.
I hope that everyone enjoys the weekend. Thanks for stopping by.  JB