A Flip Flop Adventure

I begged her, "Take the boots!"

She didn't listen as usual.

I was lost in the water cress.  

Thank goodness she rescued me before I floated to the sea!

I screamed, "Go back!" in my squeaky flip flop voice.

I was buried in quick sand!

The sand was up to her hairy knee.

I had to wait for her to dig me out.

She balanced one legged while holding her camera high.

FINALLY, I was saved from that catastrophe

to be dropped on the edge

when she thought she could jump the sand pit!

Lost again!

I'm not sure I'll survive the summer.

Will someone please tell her to wear boots next time?!

I am flattened with fright!

After The Storm...

One of the little splinters that blew 

over the house into the front yard

Another huge "splinter" in the fern bed

After the limbs were cleared...

TIMBER!

The car did not have a scratch however the electronics in the truck were damaged.  That is in the shop for repairs.  The wiring for the phone lines has been replaced, new Internet modem installed and one phone that was not killed rings shrilly.  

I did not miss the phone.

A new sand bar is formed in the creek

and a water gate is destroyed.

The nice thing about our valley the waters recede quickly

even though destruction is left in its wake.

The ponds are flowing out the spillways

the cattle are happy in their green grass

and we endure Nature's tantrum

because of her wonderful gifts.