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.

What Did You Do Sunday?

I would love to be a person who just dials a handy man and says, Here's the problem.  Fix it, please.  Here's the check.  Can't do it and probably will never be able to.  The solution...figure it out yourself, use what you have and fix it.

Due to some rain damage I had a small section on the screen porch that had to be repaired.  Look it over. Make a plan and just do it. This is the underside view after I tore out the rain damaged wood.

The beginning of the solution was cutting a piece of plywood to replace the old board.  Wearing my flip flops of course!!!  Yes, I own a carpenter's pencil, a saw, a drill and a measuring tape but that does not a carpenter make.

Hubby shows up in time to help me rehang the screen door.  Thank goodness!!!

Hubby decides to burn my brush piles...five of them...where I have been trimming fence lines.  I said, Oh, no. He asked, What?  I said I wanted to enjoy the brush piles a while longer so I could tell the work I've done. Hubby just suggested I could make more piles of brush.

I will start over today.