Lotus

 I love these, could just put LOTS on as i took LOTS of pics of them.  they dies out in the place where i usually went on the Mississippi, froze of something one year, but found some near the I80 bridge, it is a wonderful neighborhood RIGHT on the River, but right ON the River is not sometimes a good thing, and i noticed that all new housing going in replacing older homes or on stilts or two stories, with living on the top floor and the 1st floor a basement.  Some were set up as patio type things, which looked really nice...

We were down in that area one time when i 1st started going to Iowa and talked to a guy who had been flooded out 3X... 3x!!!! wouldn't once be enough?  but i guess if you lived there it would be worth it for MOST of the time that u did Not have flooding..

and isn't this lovely....??? except...... these are invasive and some of the little docks were no longer accessible, a person would really have to be on it to keep them from overtaking your area, so you could dock a boat. noticed on dock further down the river where we got the River Cat that they were starting to encroach... and where some had obviously been 'treated' and were dead or dying

But that being said and i don't live there, they are beautiful

 

 

Take Care All and God Bless

Oh... and nothing going on here just catching up on things...