Saturday, June 23 we had another storm come through our yard. We have reasons to believe that it was a small twister that took down our trees this time. There was five that came down at the same time in front of the house, and two more trees that had branches twisted from them. When the trees came down, they hit the eavestrough on the veranda. The two wicker chairs placed on the front veranda (see one of my first pictures) flew to the field behind the house. One chair was stopped by an evergreen, the other ended up in the alfalfa field. They did not tumble because they only had dirt on them where they landed. We were at home at the time, but had no idea how severe it had been until it was all over. At that time, we hadn't even been aware of the tornado that had gone through Elie the night before. Needless to say, the next two nights when thunderstorms hit, we were pacing the floor trying to decide if we needed to seek refuge in the basement. We thank God that He protected us especially because we were a little naive in knowing how severe the storms have been. In total we lost 9 trees that night. It makes for a lot of clean up!
This big tree gave shade for the sandbox. It uprooted at the same time as the others came down. I guess we had built the sandbox over the roots!
A close up of the mess in the front yard.
Ecclesiates 3:11 "He has made everything beautiful in its time..." This morning (Friday) was beautiful outside. It cooled down to around 10C last night, and it feels great to have the windows open. The forecast is for low to upper thirties for the next five days. I'm so thankful for air conditioning! The next couple of pictures are of my flowers. I love this time of year when everything is in full bloom.
My tomatoes are HUGE this year. I tried something new this year, I bought tomato fertilizer spikes. I think they work :) This is one plant you see and it looks like we should be able to enjoy fresh tomatoes shortly!
