It was nice here for about two days. Now we’re drowning again. Yesterday was all about the thunderstorms. Lil’lady wanted us all to sit on the front porch (because “if the electricity goes out we can be Amish!”) and suddenly there was a lightning strike that shook the house. Even the dog jumped a foot in the air (which was hilarious to see, really, because he looked like a cartoon character). That’s when I decided that, with or without electricity, we were going back inside.
Later, when the first storm passed, I went to survey the damage. Since I have a lot of big trees in my yard there’s usually a few nice sized branches left on the ground after a storm. I go out, move them to the brush pile and later the dog chews off pieces. This time, though, I discovered where that big lightning boom originated. Part of one of my maple trees was leaning on the back of the garage. Not like a whole half a tree- just a major branch. It was not only leaning on the back of the garage, but was covering up a good portion of the yard. Wow! I tried to move it all to the ground, but that thing is way too heavy and there was no way I was lifting that just for it to fall on me and crush my skull. No thanks.
So, now we have to find a chain saw. Other Sis won’t let us use her husband’s (because he doesn’t share his “toys”). That kind of pissed me off, but whatever. Fil might have one that we can use. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the use of a chain saw by TheMan won’t result in lost fingers. That would be way gross.
In other news….wait. There is no other news. Peace, love and lollipops, my peeps.
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Question: what keeps B-I-L from coming over with his toys to help (I’ll bet the answer has “asshole” in it)?
We have these ginormous yellow pines, which have a notoriously shallow root system, uphill from our house. They tay inda ween when the torms come and it’s scary.
I’ve got one you can borrow. Just stop on by and pick it up. Shouldn’t take you too long to get here from Ohio.
So is God pissed at everyone not in my neighborhood? We’ve been getting NONE of the severe weather that seems to be plagueing the rest of the US. Must be the Elect all live here. Apparently I must be part of the 144,000.
Glad you’re OK after the storm!
So, now we have to find a chain saw.
Chain saws can suddenly hit knots in the wood and bounce straight back cleaving the operator’s head in two down to about the first or second cervical vertebra.
Just saying.
O’Tim,
Bing-bing-bing! We have a winner! It’s really sad, though, because who’s going to babysit for his kids when he wants to go a-shootin’? (Yes, I am that bitchy.)
Vince,
I’d walk, but I’m lazy. Care to air mail that baby?
I don’t mind the rain. Saves me from having to water my posies. Though it does suck when we’re at the zoo without umbrellas. Monkeys like to be soggy, but, yeah, I’m not a monkey.
Archer,
Thanks. That’s so reassuring. Now I’ve got to go find a suit of armor to keep that bad boy from bouncing off.