Planting, watering and picken weeds

Yep, it the same ole, same ole here. We're just busy planting, watering and pick'en weeds. The heat wave has caused a bit of a concern, the river has risen over 5 ft in three days! It's still 4-5 ft down on our bank, PTL, but it's raging and muddy! We've decided not to let the cows or Mo out in the back pasture, until Mike has a chance to move the electric fence in 5-6 ft more from the edge. Our soil is sandy and when it gets wet the bank tends to sluff off in big portions*sigh*. Right now the electric fence is 4 ft from the edge but just to be safe we want it back further. Button, our Dexter heifer, has been know to test the fence and if it were to go over she'd be right there and we don't want her to fall in, she'd be gone in a flash and probably would drown. I'll try to get pictures today and everyday following so you can see the advancing of the rising water. For the next few days it's only fore casted to be into the high 60's and mid to low 70's F so we pray this slows down the run off flow in the mountains. My Dad came over last evening asking Mike to bring his 22cal. and hurry! He told us that they'd been watching a raccoon for several minutes try to climb our neighbors fence and kept falling off. Okay you ask what's the hurry in that, well.... it was full daylight yet 7pm. and coons just don't come out that early. We knew there had been a coon about, because something stole some of our turkeys eggs and at night my Mom's dog would raise such a fuss and then there was actually a pile of poo on their front porch the other day. By the time Mike got out to the back pasture where the coon was, the coon wasn't moving, but rather was hunched up in a ball. Mike couldn't make out it's head or tail end so walked closer, cautiously. We also though maybe the coon had rabies or had possibly been poisoned. After Mike made sure it was a coon and not someone cat he shot. The coon stirred enough that with the semi auto 22 he shot once more, a head shot and it was over. The coon appeared to be young ( last years baby) and had no visible signs of rabies, or a wound. Mike handled it, taking the necessary precautions in case it was rabies. The whole thing was amiss, a coon out in broad daylight, having difficulty climbing a fence, hunched up and still. If it is someone setting out poison, that grieves me because it isn't just coons who end up dead, but a great many beloved pets, hawks, owls, eagles, fox, vultures, etc...... Better get a move on it, I'm slacking when I need to be getting water going, cows out and barns cleaned and then back to planting and weeding. Blessing to each of you.