Stormy Weather

The heat has been

 out of control

record breaking

non stop

horrible

but

Last Monday night some serious storms rolled through town

Praise God for the rain

OKC is in some massive need of H20

  I'm a storm sleeper

Slept through a tornado couple of years ago

But this one woke me up

And big mamma was a wee bit scared

OK a lot scared

From our bedroom on the top floor

we are in the tree tops

and the wind was blowing so hard

it looked like the trees were bending over to the ground

And the sky was glowing with lightening

FREAKY

I prayed for the Angels to protect my house

And they did

We had a lot of limbs down

But everyone else lost trees

big huge old trees

 the wind pulled my frog right out of the ground (above)

The top of the next door neighbors tree

blocked their driveway

A branch took out Mark's tail light

All the houses in the cul de sac lost trees

Fences were down

The main loop through our neighborhood was blocked by fallen trees

The movie theater across the street lost its roof

(no shows for me for a while)

The next morning all the neighbors were out cleaning up

We actually got to meet some we hadn't yet talked to 

The little old lady who lives next door

got in her car to drive the cove

There are 4 houses that make the circle

and she drove it

Old people are cute

The city said they would pick up storm debree for free

So our sidewalks are covered with piles of limbs

Mark of course could not stand the mess

He loaded the back of his truck and took it in

Our fallen limbs filled the back

Finally we have had a break in the triple digits

And another day of rain

Wonder if this crazy heat will mean a mild winter

Lots of changes happening for me this week

More on that tomorrow

Hope all is well