BreezyCooking
Washing Up
We just went thru quite the nasty blow here. So nasty that I was seriously starting to think we had a tornado passing thru. I'll have to wait & see what the news says - for all I know, we did. The rain was so bad it looked like snow.
The worst - besides the constant cloud-to-ground lightning was the WIND. I had windows leaking that never leaked before, saw trees bent to the ground, there are branches down everywhere, & my lovely 24" (or is it 26") deck tubs, which held lovely healthy perfectly matched & symmetrical 3-foot high Dwarf Alberta Spruces & deep royal purple petunias were knocked over & uprooted. I was shocked, since I've had those tubs for quite a few years now & even the most vicious storms haven't moved them. They're darn heavy. Which is why I think we may just have dodged a tornado bullet. Since the wind just now died down, husband & I went out & just stuck the trees & petunias roughly back in the pots & tied the pots & trees with hay-baling twine to the deck railing post in case another storm wave hits. I'll have to re-do them properly tomorrow when hopefully the storms will have abated. Sigh. Never a dull moment. Those little trees were doing so well too, as were the petunias.
To make things worse, husband & I just fed & walked dogs & discovered that we have lost one of our beloved Osage Orange trees!!! It's somewhat split down the middle & many of the upper branches are broken & stuck in the upper parts of what's left of the tree as well. Not to mention the ground is completely litttered with "oranges". Husband is definitely not happy, as he has put off repairing our chain saw & so now has no way of dissecting the remains of said tree. They don't call Osage Orange "ironwood" for nothing - it's unbelievably hard, & there's no way in heck husband will be able to saw thru it with a hand saw. Sigh.
Plus, one of the braces for our woodstove chimney also bit the dust, which means dear husband will have to hoist himself up onto that steep roof tomorrow to see what's what. Should be fun.
Sent husband out to pick up Chinese takeout as I'm no longer in the mood to cook anything. I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be an ugly ugly day.
Wow - sky blackening unbelievably yet again & lots of thunder & lightning approaching fast. Guess Round 2 is on its way.
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