Noah and the karma

Our battles with water have now reached a comedic level. Maybe its a sign I should order some lumber and change my name to Noah.
You know how they say "you should never be upset if you are running late, because you never know what tragedy you might miss?" Last week, a pressured garden hose burst two minutes before I left the house - sending a 3-ft jet of water back towards the house....where we had recently found a burrow hole, leading under the deck, must be too close/deep down to the basement wall which is allowing a trickle in near our dryer.
...then the rains came. **knocking wood* We didn't have any problems, but flash floods brought up the creek. The chain link fence runs across our back yard, and this is our foot bridge...
...which might explain why the animals seem to be collecting Two by Two. (note to self: build a bigger ark). This girl was spotted at 3 in the afternoon, just on the other side of our creek. The grass in the field is really tall, which must make them feel safer to be out in the day more.

Here is one of our two new tadpoles. We had a big frog - notice I said HAD. We think a girl frog lured him away. Hussy. So, not knowing if he would come back, we got some new ones. If you click on the picture, you can probably see his legs starting to form at the tail base. Sadly, we have lost BOTH fish. The new one was dead when we came home from vacation (we later found out why), but the older/original one died unexpectedly last week - to be referenced later in this post.

I just think these chippies are funny. I think this should be titled: Chock Full 'O Nuts! I always find it interesting to "discover" a grove of sunflowers growing somewhere in my gardens.

Remember my trapping references ? We found damage and "gifts" on and around the deck/yard, which led to our need to set a trap. Have you ever done something that you just didn't think through? This was my case - enter karma.
As much as something can be a nuisance or annoying, doesn't mean it should be destroyed (although my in-laws probably disagree). All future plans will only involve "relocation" of healthy visitors. Hmm, maybe this is why my fish died.

More lessons learned from the "All Powerful Cosmic Pay Back" forces (karma):
**Don't tell the front desk of the hotel that you would like a later check out because your flight was moved back - because then you WILL have delayed flights that leave you literally running to your connector gate, and sitting all the way in the back by the bathroom.
**Don't make fun of your husband when he complains (like a man) that he ran his foot into a door jamb and thinks he might have broken his pinkie toe (and he DID) - because then you WILL end up very sick ALL of Memorial Day weekend, and end up on antibiotics with bronchitis.
I know there are skeptics, but the older I get, I truly find that "what" you do, does comes back around. Good AND bad. Here's to Kickin' It Golden Rule Old School.