Little pink flowers...

I have no idea what this is...I have not even taken the time to try to identify it.  I do think it pretty though.  This was taken up be low the dam shown in yesterday's post.

I have not did much at all this weekend, nothing much interesting to tell.  I was going through some old emails to delete.  Got to laughing at some of the things Lorelei had done.   Remember the time I had just given her a bath, and came in and set down with her wrapped in a towel....and she asked her Papaw to scratch her toes?  I forget what was said, but I remember her saying, "well, they're right there!"  as she was stretching her foot over to him.

And another time she had fell over into something and got sort of stuck, and cried for her mom to come get her and when Sarah lifted her out she said, "LikeHumpty Dumpty, Mommy!"

Yesterday Sarah said Lorelei told her that her teacher had threatened to move her 'clicker' down, whatever that is, if she didn't stop giggling so much at the boys.  And she said, "But mommy, they are so funny!"  I think the 'clicker' is some kind of way of encouraging the students to behave.  Her teacher this year is the same one she had last year, and Lorelei totally loves her. 

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.