What can I say,the rain is upon us here in central Texas and the wind is a little strong at times, but no storms so far.... I just don't understand how some parents can let little kids play outside unattended and get swept away while playing in the streets that is flooded to get washed away down stream near their homes and drown in the deeper waters so deep into the runoffs and valleys that leads to the streams and rivers....

I know schools are out for summer breaks but I drive up and down the neighborhood streets where kids of all ages are playing in the water that is flowing very fast... There has been deaths and I would think it would be only one for parents to get the message....

My walking is not too steady so I am staying inside and even the boat ramps close to my house are closed, the waters are just to high..... I will go out in my back yard to fight the ants after the rain stops, I can see new mounds forming from looking out my patio window into the back yard as the ants try to find higher ground for their homes...

Land developers bought this land from ranchers and turned it into a sub division so ants were already here in full force where the cows had their droppings for them to live.... So now it's been 15 years I have been using ant powders to kill their mounds in my yard....

Our home is paid off now so I'm not moving no time soon at my age....... I guess I'm a pretty good ant fighter I don't have any in my house....But I notice pest control trucks in my neighborhood almost daily at the houses where children live and the parents working late hours and seldom home.... That was one of the families that lost a child playing in the street when the water was very high....

Many of the families on my street are retired military with daughters and sons still living at home with their own children that perhaps their mothers are suppose to be watching them...