For those of you that have recently taken up residence at Blogger, I have decided to reopen my blogger site. I have enabled verification in hopes to weed out the unwantedspam comments I had been recieving. Who knows ,maybe this time I will find it will feel more like home. vistit me anytime. 

 

The new asian cultural garden along the Des Moines River in Downtown Des Moines. Bringing a little taste of the mideast to the midwest. Newly finished after several years of construction, it was under water during the recent flooding. The water have receded now and it appears very little damage was done. I found a gat3e down in the construction fence and went in for a sneak preview up close and WIDE. I look forward to capturing its beauty in all different weather.

 

Thanks to all for your words of concern, I live South of the city,and since my job is on the Southwest corner of the city I was not effected by the rising waters. The downtown area was in threat when a new levy from the 93 floods broke in the Birdland area. There were many homes flooded by the levy breaking, but that did cause the river to drop rapidly. The rivers are back down to almost norma l levels now and the threats are over. The cleanup process will go on the rest of the summer no dought. This just serves to remind us,Nature will take it's course. We build along these great rivers and then build Dams and levys and flood walls to protect us from the ragindg waters . Much easier I would think to build outside of the floodplains,but what do I know,LOL