Friday evening we went to the members-only preview of the Dallas Arboretum’s plant sale. Ed insisted on going, but when we got the there and he saw the lines was ready to go. He was forced to stay though, because I was going to buy some plants, dammit! It was nice, they had a lot of rare things and snacks and sangria, too! Next year I will take the class right before the sale. They go over all of the available plants and give you a catalog you can take notes on.

Saturday morning we went to the first work party of the year for the boat club. Several davits were rebuilt, a new toolbench with a sink was added, and lots of cleaning and reorganizing went on. Unfortunately, Ed overdid it and hurt his back again.

Later that afternoon we had a severe thunderstorm with violent winds. The Dallas Cowboys practice facility collapsed during a rookie practice, and about a dozen people were hurt. We had torrential rain.

Sunday after going out for breakfast, we went to check on the boat. We found the docks of both boat clubs under water, so there was no going out to check the boat, but we could see that it was okay. About an hour later I rode my bike back to the lake with a camera and the water had already receded quite a bit. A few people were at the club hosing things down. The docks out to the boats were still under water. What a poorly timed work party! I took more pictures which I’ll post when I get a chance. Apparently the lake floods like that once or twice a year, which is why the boats are up on davits. The davits are set up so the boats can drain, and we keep the plugs out.

Here’s a picture I took with my iPhone the first time we went out. By this time it had stopped raining for at least five hours, so the level was higher than this.