Convoy

School is out....
where are the buses going ?
Die Sommerferien haben schon begonnen.....
fragt sich wo die Busse hin fahren...?

Yucca in bloom

New work and rest area

Memorial Day

Minnie and I grilled some steaks this afternoon to celebrate the holiday.

Not much happening

here...
worked hard this week...
bought a sofa table at the Hefner tent sale...
Jimmy brought it home for me on his truck ( they wanted $ 50.00 for delivery...forget that)....
unable to pump all the water off the pool cover...
whatever I empty in the afternoon is there again the next morning and more ...
ergo...there is a leak in the cover and water is seeping through from the pool itself...
oh well, the long Memorial Day weekend remains..
to work on it...
off on monday....but call tomorrow...
we ( Kitty and I ) plan on taking it easy.....
just doing the usual saturday stuff.....

Girl's afternoon out

Della, Kristie and I went to the Java Stop for refreshments and fun....
Food and drinks were very good....
We plan on going again..... for a 3 course dinner

Fences....

outside of town....
Zaeune ausserhalb der Stadt....

So near....

and yet so far.....

So nahe dran und doch nicht zu erreichen....

Flowers

to welcome the weekend.
Happy Saturday !!!

Lunch

by the Mississippi in Cape today. Water level is very high right now....Lots of rain lately.
I had to have my car serviced at Honda...routine maintenance and new breaks ( over $ 300.00 worth ) ..
Nice crisp and sunny day...

Heute hatte ich Lunch am Mississippi. Der Wasserspiegel ist z.Z. ziemlich hoch, wie man sieht. Viel Regen in letzter Zeit.
Mein Auto musste in die Werkstatt in Cape ...Oelwechsel, neue Bremsbelaege etc.....

Another hard day

at work today....

Rain, rain....

brief but heavy rain and winds yesterday...

Any idea ?

where this might be?

Working hard

this afternoon ...
I worked outside, trying to get the pool ready to open....
still a very long way to go...
have to scoop millions of leaves off the pool cover....
what a mess....
they seem to increase not decrease....
the water I pumped off today will be added again tomorrow....
we have rain and thunder storms in the forecast for tuesday....again....
oh yes, so much fun....

Happy Mother's Day

to me from Julia and Erik.
what a nice surprise when I came home after midnight...
after having worked 16 plus hours...

8 surgeries....
I had a message on my answering machine....
something, something didn't understand.....is now sitting on your front door step...
I looked....
and there were these beautiful flowers...
thank you so much Julia and Erik....

Ueberraschung zum Muttertag....

dieses Blumenkoerbchen fand ich gestern vor der Haustuer, als ich nach mehr als 16 Stunden Bereitschaftsdienst und 8 OPs (nach Mitternacht ) nach Hause kam. Vielen, vielen Dank liebe Julia und lieber Erik....

Photo of the day

80 Years Ago Today

This was in the local paper today....

In 1927 Poplar Bluff was almost completely wiped out by a tornado. Over 100 people were killed .....
very devastating. Hopefully we won't see another tornado like that....

Genau heute vor 80 Jahren, 1927, wurde Poplar Bluff von einem Tornado fast voellig zerstoert. Ueber 100 Menschen kamen dabei um ..... Viel war nicht uebrig von Poplar Bluff.
Zur Erinnerung, stand heute ein Bericht darueber in der Zeitung.

Man kann nur hoffen, dass sowas nicht nochmal passiert.

This afternoon

Men at work

then later...storm clouds ....
heavy thunderstorm with hail...
the electricity was off for at about 30 minutes

Heute Nachmittag hatten wir ein schweres Gewitter mit Hagel....
und Stromausfall...