[Magdalen] Peepers

[Lynn Ronkainen]

...so much water around here the peepers are out like crazy, and some deep 
throated larger amphibians too I know... Today Houston had record rainfall 
and flooding again. My immediate area was relatively okay but drenched... 
within a mile in two different directions the roads were closed because 
'bayou' / creek / drainage ditches were up 14' or more and over the road 
surfaces even when the bridges usually are 'just high' enough.  Wacky 
weather... and terrible loss of cars, homes and belongings north, south, 
east and west of my suburban area NW of the city by 20  miles.

Lynn

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 5:03 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Peepers

> I haven't heard any, although I'm sure if I walked down to the foot of the
> hill where Conrad's cows are pastured and where the creek is I would. The
> hassle would be in walking up that hill again.
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 4:09 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yesterday, the weather was in the seventies, and the peepers were so loud
>> that my wife could enjoy them, her hearing deficit notwithstanding.
>>
>> I knew they were out and about since on one rainy night I came home to 
>> find
>> two of them climbing around on my front door. We have a couple vernal 
>> ponds
>> in back of our property, and they always come visiting in the spring. Not
>> sure what they seek.  I suppose it involves travel in hopes of making 
>> more
>> peepers.
>>
>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>