rain and rain and more rain—again

Also, sleet and snow and cold.  But when I took the six foot cross over to the church in Indiana I discovered that their jonquils were in bloom.  That's something.  Of course I had to go to Wildbranch since I was in the hood and it is muddy, muddy and wet.  But some things were beginning to bud out and there are lots of cool ferns.

Meanwhile all the rain has caused flooding.  They closed the hotel to the Horseshoe casino on the Ohio River but left the casino open??? I guess people will have to get there by fishing boats.  Also saw moving trucks at the houses along the river.  Folks moving their stuff to higher ground.  People are used to it I guess, but the flood waters aren't expected to crest until this weekend.  It's starting to feel like Seattle here, and I'm not the only one suffering from the endless drippy, grey days.  It's depressing!  

So I will leave you, gentle reader with words of hope from that gentle and wise sage, Charlie Brown to his worried friend Snoopy—"The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you."