Beautiful but wet today

We finally got back to the park today - JJ has refused to go for 3 days because of the rain. Not sure exactly when she became the ultimate boss, but she sure is. Anyway, it was beautiful today - clear, cool, and not too humid. Up Lookout Hill, around the Nethermead, back to Peninsula, the usual route.

I still pick up and count the crack bags on Lookout Hill, but haven't been listing them. It's between 5 and 10 every day. When its zero or a huge number, I'll mention it.

The geese were all feeding in one of the Parade ground baseball fields this morning. 35 of them. I guess the Lone goose has rejoined the rest of the flock.

Prospect Park Lake is now extended 3 to 5 feet outside its wall, depending on where you are. it was Sunday's record breaking rainfall that did it. I hear it was even worse the last couple of days. It is completely artificial, and someone could have gone in and drained it a bit, but they didn't. I took a picture of the ducks sitting on the actual wall, looking like they're out in the lake. Anyway, I kind of like it when Nature reminds us whose boss. there are so many people who want to control nature - killing wild animals, building in flood zones, making walls to keep out water and high tides, etc. Nature's response only gets worse when there's no room for it. Look at all the flooding along the Mississippi and Hurricane Katrina. Many of the land masses in the delta are gone now - to improve shipping, I think. So the full flooding of Katrina came into New Orleans, not stopped or slowed down as it would have been. You'd think people would be humbled by Nature's forces. Some are, but most of them just want to fight harder and deadlier to overcome it. Oh well. I've always been a believer in cooperation, not competition, and am in a tiny minority in this country.

I saw a long-haired chihuahua in the park today. So cute! And it really looks like it has hair, not fur!

Tony got his truck back and was at Peninsula with Fannie and Jupiter. Yay!!!