Hot and Sunny Day

The sun is out and the temperature is above 90 degrees here in Bristol Tn. I was just outside, feeding our garden pond fish, pulling some weeds, and battening down the hatches for the possibility of severe weather later this evening and tonight. There is a storm system moving our way from the West Tennessee area that has flooded Memphis and Nashville with over 10 inches of rain. Not expected to have much impact here though. Almost too hot to enjoy outdoor activity today.

I was just thinking that if I were in Upstate New York, I would be standing along the West Canada Creek, tossing lures at brown trout and swatting black flies as they attempted to suck me into anemia. I would sacrifice a pint of my blood though, just to be wading the West Canada, and enjoying the Adirondack Mountain air. I have fished that stream from it's headwaters to it's end where it dumps into the Mohawk River, and have walked nearly every foot of it's banks at one time or another in my lifetime.

Had message from a good friend in Utica NY earlier, notifying me that a mutual friend of ours was at the hospital with her son, who had suffered a stroke. The man is only in his mid forties at most, and certainly way too young to be afflicted with a serious stroke. I encourage everyone that reads this to say a quick prayer for "Mark".

Was enjoying a peaceful day until I read that NYC had suffered and attempted terrorist bombing at Time's Square. That took the shine off of an otherwise peaceful day. We are all God's children so why can't we simply get along and live in peace? It is only a matter of time until we WILL suffer another terror attack, somewhere here in the continental USA. We cannot let our guard down for even a minute. God bless our troops and God guide those that insure our homeland security at ALL levels.

Well, time for a little TV, and possibly a nap. Probably will dream about trout fishing in my favorite spots along the West Canada Creek.