Recently, just over 6 1/2 inches of rain fell in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It happened very quickly and took everyone by surprise. There was a video of a woman being rescued from her car on I-24. (It was a young man who worked for a power company, and he was able to break the window and pull her to safety.) I hope you can see the video that I have for you above. This brought tears to my eyes. What a hero! (One of his co-workers handed him that heavy tool from their truck, he said afterward he will always carry a hammer in his vehicle now just for this purpose!)
If anyone remembers, our son and daughter-in-law live in Chattanooga and they are fine, but you know I always watch the news very carefully for that area!
The news of the floods and wildfires and now, an impending hurricane...there is always so much to watch out for!
It has been so incredibly hot that it has been hard to think. We try to get out as early as we can before the sun heats everything to the boiling point. (My brain included.) Still, it's good for the butterflies!
The Monastery gets so many visitors they are building a new block of restrooms. The thought and design behind this building is much appreciated. When we saw they were clearing trees, we asked what was coming, so that is how we know. If you don't know, ask!
This isn't finished yet, but I just know it will be lovely and will look as if it has always been there. I love the arched doorways and the copper gutters and downspouts. Can you tell that I am interested in architecture? It's true, I am! I am not that knowledgeable about it; I am never sure what things are called but I just know what I like.
We just took care of a zebra finch for a dear friend. We just decided to bring the caged bird to our house to make it easier since we had her for almost two weeks. I called her "Beepy". If you have ever heard a zebra finch, you will know why! We love birds and we have put out fresh water for our wild birds so much, we told this caged bird that she was welcome at our "bird spa"! We have a bird clock that has bird calls on the hour and this little finch liked the 7 o'clock hour, that is the Carolina wren song. Maybe it was the loudest? Not sure, only that she responded the most to that one.
I think I have told you before that if you see a lot of blue at the bottom of the wing of the tiger swallowtail butterfly, it is a female. So- looking good, girl!
We go for years without seeing any blooms on our night blooming cereus cactus, but this summer, we had a total of four flowers! As the name tells you, they only bloom at night, opening in full at about midnight and they begin to close as soon as the sun rises. My Aunt Leona gave us this plant in 1994. Richard lugs it into the garage every single winter. (St. Richard!)
As you can see, we haven't been away very much. Still, I enjoy the adventures of others through my blog! In my dreams, I have been to Yorkshire with Meike...From My Mental Library: Ripon 2025 - Day 8
And thanks to Bob, I am thinking and learning more of Scotland! Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Levengrove Park and The Havoc Grasslands Walk.
And can you believe it, BOTH of these bloggers made a reference to "The Secret Garden", one of my favorite books. I hope you love it as much as I do. If you have not read it, do so, right away. You're welcome.
"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden".
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