As if off on an Easter egg hunt, Carlo donned his Easter boots and armed himself with a yellow McGuyver rope and knife (also of a McGuyver style) in his effort to play "After Flood Scavenger Hunt"! His list included our benches and anything else that was ours. Along the way he found a blue ball (add this to the other toys - a green horseshoe and a golf ball) and pounded our property marker into the ground from being upset by all the drifting timbers. He crossed the "new pond" and disappeared into the woods. Before he set off, he gave me instructions on how long to wait before calling an SOS, I thought of looking for a number to call when he emerged from the woods with the bench in tow! He dragged it to a tree in the center of the property and then returned to the same wooded area and from afar I could only be giddy with excitement that the other bench would soon emerge from the same timber piled resting spot. Once both benches were out, the McGuyver procedure was in full force, and were secured to a tree. Hopefully the tree doesn't become uprooted anytime soon. Within an hour the O'Wich Easter Basket was full and we were off to search for our missing flower box!
On our way down to visit Betty and help her with an SOS of her own, Carlo spotted the flower box, a bit further down than where the post with welcome sign was located. I think everything has been accounted for except for our springy ladybug and a gigantic pumpkin.
Both the side of the cabin and the flower box were branded with the April 15, 2011 flood stats. You never know...this may soon, one day, become a county landmark - maybe state. Okay, really, just for our own amusement - but you gotta find some humor in all this chaos! But can you imagine people lined up for miles and me selling tickets for people to see the stats on the cabin and the flower box??? People snapping pictures of the "I Survived the Floods Flower Box"? It would be like rubbing Lincoln's nose - a tradition to be passed on for generations! Okay, okay, okay...I'm awake!!!
Carlo then had a brain storm of an idea...Mission Ladybug: The Reverse Covert Op.
We were cleaning up and jokingly the words: "we should add this to the pile" were said and a dare was thrown to the speaker of the words. Well, most people in the area "thieve" and proof has it that we are victims of such an occurrence...well of several occurrences. Let's just say "gnome my dear". With the gears of the dare set in motion, the communications lookout were also put in place. Clocks were calibrated to watches and cell phones to atomic clocks and Greenland was involved, let's just say - we were ready to communicate. The mission began..."Gnome Base to Green Grass Eagle, do you copy?" Minutes into the op, the Red River Rover was on its way over..."Gnome Base to Green Grass Eagle...abort...ABORT!" No need to abort, "the eagle has landed and the transporter drives away." And our hair wrenching, fist clinching, white knuckle mission was complete and without incident and all we did was leave a gift behind for a neighbor. Now that's how you do it - ain't that neighborly? Ain't country life fun??? Carlo had no luck locating our ladybug but while "searching for it" he ran into a neighbor along the road. With his blue tooth communications still enabled and the Gnome Base accidentally pushing buttons and making noises - lots of noises, Carlo most likely looked a bit ridiculous! "Nice chatting but I am on a mission and have got to check for that ladybug just one last time! Happy Easter." There are no photos of this maneuver...c'mon, what do you expect??? It was covert! I can't even give you any further details...you already know w-a-y too much!
Dinner was served up at the Cove and as we drove back we saw an Easter rainbow in the sky. What a beautiful end to a great day! We were back before dark to watch a little TV before calling it a night.
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