DONNIE JUST SENT THIS

This is the best cat video I've ever seen.  The cat looks just like Thunder but I guarantee, Thunder would never have even thought about putting his head under that running water.

The longer you watch this, the funnier it gets.

TODAY IS NATIONAL PRALINE DAY

I had forgotten all about those delightful confections that Mother used to make.  Of course, I can't eat them any more but I still remember how good they were.

 

SWAT TEAM INVADES DRIPPING SPRINGS

Donnie reported, "I was pulling out of our neighborhood just as the first two police cars went by.  On my way to the golf range and over the next 20 minutes I counted 14 police vehicles headed our way, including three unmarked cars and one SWAT vehicle.  Will we ever get the story?"

All the police had to say was that they were on the scene of "a suspicious circumstances incident."

What on earth could be suspicious about Donnie hitting a few balls on the golf range?  Have we become so paranoid that even these dimpled orbs are now considered "weapons of mass destruction"?  (Which the press and politicians think is a neat phrase for a bunch of bad-ass bombs.)

 

Donnie's story reminds me of Rita waiting in the car for me when I ran into Festival the other day.  When I came out she said she heard sirens coming from all over the downtown area.  I told her not to worry.  The sirens are shrieking up and down the streets morning, noon and night and you never find out what the big emergency was.  I swear, I hear more sirens in La Crosse in one week than I ever heard in Houston.  It's like being in the middle of an episode of "COPS".

83 GREAT YEARS

We'll miss you

BOBBY (BLUE) BLAND
Ain't No Sunshine when he's gone

 

VIROQUA WINE

As long as we're going to Viroqua today, I thought I'd share this short video on the great wines that come from this part of the world.

 

WE PICKED THE RIGHT DAY TO GO TO VIROQUA

There's rain in the forecast but, if we get any, it will most likely be late this afternoon and the chance is only 40%.  The next day without any rain in the forecast is Thursday so if you have outside chores this week, that's the day to plan for it.

YES, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN BUT.......

It was on this day in 1946 that Mellen, Wisconsin got 11.72 inches of rain.  That's the Wisconsin record for the most rain in a 24 hour period.  Mellen is way up in northern Wisconsin between Hayward and Ironwood.

VIROQUA DAY

We're off to see Aunt Wilda today.  Rita, Roger, Uncle Bob and I are going.

TAKE A HIKE, BABY!

Researchers suggest both the immersion in nature and disconnect from electronics leads to creativity...go for a hike! http://t.co/IshBrp7MoS
— Every Body Walk (@everybodywalk) June 23, 2013

KORY AND COOPER

Please click on the link below for the short story of Kory and Cooper.  Prepare to shed a tear.

A SOLDIER AND HIS DOG

YOU WATCH IT. I'M TOO AFRAID OF HEIGHTS TO LOOK.

TONIGHT on #Skywire Live, @NikWallenda walks the rope across the Grand Canyon with no tether http://t.co/ijUj2Oke7W pic.twitter.com/OVvVoThgka
— Discovery Channel US (@Discovery) June 23, 2013

I GUESS JOHNNY DEPP BELIEVES YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY HOMES

DONNIE WANTS TO KNOW

"Why is it that small children stare at me?  I can't be that much weirder looking than many other humans, can I?"

FIRST I THOUGHT, YUK! THEN I LOOKED AT THE RECIPE AND THOUGHT, "I'D LIKE TO TRY THAT"!

It's a recipe for FROZEN CHOCOLATE POPCORN!  TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURE HERE AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.

Of course, this is not something you'd find on the diet for a kidney patient but, I thought, I'd just like to taste one or two kernels.  Then I thought, "I'll bet this is one of those things that you can't stop eating after you start."  I guess I'd better pass it up.

FULL MOON TONIGHT

Tonight's full moon is the STRAWBERRY MOON and it will come within 222,000 miles of earth making it the largest full moon of the year.

DID YOU KNOW?

A barn owl can eat up to 1,000 mice a year but who's to say there isn't a barn owl out there that could force down just one more to make it 1,001.

STORMS, STORMS AND MORE STORMS ON THE WAY

It was another stormy night filled with thunder and lightening.  One bolt came down, only a few blocks from here, with a deafening bang that set off all the car alarms outside and brought me from a deep sleep to full attention.

It's all quiet now but there's another round on the way for this afternoon and tonight that could, again, produce heavy rain.  The National Weather service says we can expect the possibility of more road closures, flooded basements, rising rivers and evacuations.

 

The Mississippi River, here in La Crosse, was at 8.3 feet yesterday morning and, with more rain to come, the forecast calls for a possible flood stage by next weekend.  Bankfull stage is 10 feet.

MORE STORMS ON THE WAY TODAY.

 

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY, MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

 

ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY 2 INCHES OR MORE IF THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY TRACK ACROSS THE SAME AREA.

 

A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FULL MOON?

OOOH, YES! I LOVED THIS SONG IN MY YOUTH!

It was from the summer of 1970 and went to #1 around the world.  It is still considered one of the biggest selling single records of all time with around 30 million copies sold.

Ray Dorset was the leader of the group and it took him 10 minutes to write the song.

JUNE 23 IS LET IT GO DAY