Shoulda crafted an ark!

We've had soooo much rain recently.  Unfortunately we had way to much Wednesday, and my 9 mile commute home from work turned into an 1hr and 1/2 nightmare drive home.  And when I got home, I found this:

Our basement had about 6 inches of water in it.  It looked like it was a little higher from the waterline.  Luckily it all drained out within a few hours.  Not too much damage, but we'll definately have to replace our AC units and possibly the downstairs furnace.  I had some old notebooks from college and about a dozen books that were destroyed.  I think everything else is ok.

(the cans are part of my craft room organization...they're primed, and need to be painted, the pillow case was so stiff that it acted as a flotation device for the helpless cans that were stuck to it).

 

Christmas edition of Owly Monday

So with the holidays, I haven't had much time to gather owly tidbits for you.  I am, however, going to post some owly goodies that I got for Christmas.  Some of it isn't owl related, but more bird related.  And maybe sometimes Owly Mondays may just turn into Birdy Mondays on my random whims.  Who knows?

I also wanted to share updates on the Barn Owls.

The babies are developing so fast.  They're starting to get their flight feathers and their facial discs are almost fully formed.  They're starting to look like Barn Owls.  Here's a pic from Saturday 12/26.

The barbed wire adult Barn Owl is doing great.  He went to the vet on Monday and they did something sorta new and genious.  They put 2 washers at the ends of the wound and losely sutured the wound and pulled the suture thru the washer.  He put split shot (apparently used for fishing) on top of the washer and attached to the suture.  Every few days we tighten the suture and put a new split shot on.  The vet wasn't able to suture up the wound because of its size and because the skin is so thin. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday and will have an even better New Year!