u/yobar

That time of year again. The mulberries are ripe and the Canada geese are leaving purple poo all over the place. They are usually spread out around the marina, but crowd around the trees and argue at times.

Had a great time with a bunch of friends Wednesday at Busch Stadium in St Louis. Great hot dog, crap game. Cardinals lost.

Alton Marina in pool 26 of the upper Mississippi River. We're sitting on the bottom after losing 7ft since last week's rains. Crops are looking nice, though.

These guys are used to getting treats from some of the boaters and usually walk up demanding, but the crap weather has kept the boaters away, even on a Friday evening. It's supposed to rain off and on all night and the temps will drop to around 50F/10C.

I was worried because at the beginning of the breeding season the river (Mississippi, pool 26) was extremely low. The marina docks were sitting on the bottom. The ducks like to nest in the riprap in the marina and they don't move too far from the water. This week we gained almost 7 feet in the pool due to +week of heavy rains and their nests may have been submerged. At least some are around now. Also saw some Canada goose goslings.

Signs of the apolcalypse? River is up two feet above baseline, flood warnings up and down the Mississippi, and the mallards are showing up.

Not sure how this single Russian word popped up in a gardening article on a US website, but it seems to fit, except for the declension. I didn't have Russian selected in my browser or my keyboard.