A Rainy Day

Well, thankfully the most of Irene we are going to see are Tropical Storm strength winds and rain.  For us that also means the backyard will probably flood at high tide.  For Bear that means no back yard once it starts to flood.  There is a tidal marsh next to and behind our home, it is absolutely beautiful but, its part of the yard.



Bear waiting for his bath

  About 2 years ago we had a major rainstorm which hit at the same time lunar high came.  We had Bear and the foster dog who's name we refuse to speak (a whole story on its own).  I was cooking in the kitchen and the dynamic duo were romping around the back yard having a grand old doggy playtime.  I would glance out once in a while to make sure they were okay but apparently I didn't check often enough to notice the tide quickly creeping into the yard.  The two of them had pretty much killed almost all the grass so all that was left in many part was this kind of marshy dirt.  Well, they noticed the water, but more they noticed the mud.  When I found them they were extremely happy and extremely muddy.  They had pluff mud from the tip of their tails to their noses.   Golden fur can hold a lot of mud!  Truth be told, as unhappy as I was having to give the two of them baths, I couldn't stop laughing.  They were so ridiculously thrilled with being wet and covered with mud...life is good if you are a golden.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

If you have never lived along the coast you have never experienced the excitement of hurricane season.  As you know we live here in Charleston SC which is of course right on the Atlantic Ocean.  We have been lulled into submission the past few years by the wonderful lack of a major storm coming any where near us.  All that changed earlier this week when this gal Irene decided to show up.  Now, I have always said I preferred hurricanes to earthquakes because you know when they are coming but...truth be told, you don't know if they are or not!  So here we sit with our water, batteries, extra toilet paper and all those things you must have waiting to see where the storm goes.  Everyone has a path or an idea and they change by the hour.  Life can be rather unsettling.

There are a quite a few folks living in coastal South Carolina and if the storm decides to head in our direction we will need to evacuate.  Sure there will be those that insist on staying, some people just never learn to tempt nature.  So other than those foolhardy souls Michael, Bear, our youngest daughter, her boyfriend and I will load up in our car and join tens of thousands of folks trying to get off the coast by the one highway that leaves.  Sure there are small country roads out there but..they are normally full too.  The last time there was an evacuation they neglected to reverse the interstate so you had the entire Charleston Area and all the border islands on I 26 at the same time.  The normal 2 hour drive to Columbia took well over 12 hours.  It was a mess and they promise that will never happen again.

So here we sit...waiting and thinking of that song...should I stay or should I go...