Chintu is in India

Well, he made it there! I have talked to him. It's rained a lot, they lost their electricity for most of yesterday and today. It's hot. Lots of mosquitos. He's having fun though, in spite of still being really tired. I miss him terribly! Here is a picture of the balloons that Dr. Tom brought when he, Tanya, and Kathy came to a little "bon voyage" dinner the Friday before he left. Tom said the heart to remind him that he's loved and the Dora the Explorer because he's traveling the world.

Smiles and peace to all who read here today!

Water, water, everywhere

and not a drop to drink! On my way home from work this evening I decided to take some pictures of the flooding going on in the Athens area. This first picture is Route 13, just off of 550, toward Chauncey. The car you see in the water is actually abandoned there...I'm assuming someone decided to try to go through the water...I think psychologists call that a personal fable.
This picture is looking across the Hocking River toward the back of Staples.
And this one is the back of Lowes.
I'm not sure what this building is, but these next two shots are flooded parking lots, the first on the side and back, and the other one on the back.
The rest of these are the parking lot and picnic area below the dam at Dow Lake. The first two are looking out toward Route 50. Yes, those are picnic table tops you see...

In this one the horizon you see is actually the dam. The water in the foreground, just above the grass, is actually more of the parking lot...

This is the same area, but farther towards 50.

This is looking out toward the outlet for the overflow from the lake. You should have seen the water gushing out of it, like blood being pumped by a human's pulse.

On my way to work this morning, the water was not this high, even though the rain had stopped during the night. Strange how that works, huh?

By the way, for anyone who does not know, Chintu made it home to India, safe and sound. He called at 3 p.m. today and had arrived safely in Cochin, which is about and hour and a half's drive from home. I sure do miss him....sigh...but hope he has an outstanding time!

Peace to all who read here today!

Sad news from Boone

On our way to the airport this morning, Tanya called Chintu and told us that her daddy had passed on early this morning. Zeb has been sick and got worse last night. They called Petie in and somewhere around 1:30, he quietly slipped out. Tanya called me during the night, but, alas, my phone did not ring in. I received her voice mail late this morning. Our love and thoughts go out to the Shook family....

Peace and love to all who read