The Big Raccoon Creek

We drove up to the tailwaters of the Cecil M. Harden Lake yesterday,known as Raccoon Lake by some.  The above is where they let the water out of the lake...these young people did not stay there long...they had big sinkers on their lines but the water was too swift even for them.

These photos are maybe 200 yards downstream from the damn.

Normally I can stand down on little sandbar right close to the above tree and fish.  And over across at the trees out in the water...there is usually a Great Blue Heron that wades the water along through there trying to catch its own dinner.  You can see it here...it is on up the creek a little farther than this but not by much cause I stood not too far up from this tree to take that picture.

 After leaving there, we drove on down to Mansfield...Roger took these too pics.  Normally there is a rock ledge down that the water rushes over...look here for a pic when it is normal.

Notice where the water is at under this little footbridge, then look here to see what is closer to normal, but even in it, the creek is up.  Look how much lower the water is under the foot bridge in it.

Needless to say, I am beginning to think we will get to wade this creek and fish this summer.  And I doube that we are going to get to take Lorelei there to fish and play.

Yellow flower...

Fall is approaching and along with it, a lot of yellow flowers...

I am not sure of the name of either of these first two.

Believe it or not, this one is goldenrod.  I saw my first a week or two ago, but did not stop to take pictures.  I could not resist this single stem of it today.
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We took the day off and did nothing at all here.    Hopefully tomorrow I will do something worthwhile.

The skies, the skies!

This was taking yesterday, but as I sit and look out my window, the sky is just absolutely gorgeous this day, too.  They have been this way for at least the past three days...I posted some taken day before yesterday on my Time Stand Still blog.I am so tempted to grab my camera and go.  On the other hand, my bottom is almost glued to this chair with super glue.

The stress of getting one room painted, plus then switching rooms has left me worn to a frazzle.  I could climb into bed right now and think I could go to sleep for the rest of the evening.  However I have a load of clothes to put away that I just brought in from off the line.  I should be busy with other things, but may end up taking the camera and leaving.  Or I might sew a bit.  Or even blog a while...I don't think I have visited a single blog today!

There is always so much I want to do that it is hard to choose.   I guess that is better than being bored.