Oh my goodness! We are blessed again! We were 92 yesterday and that adds so much fuel to the fire when a cool front comes through. There were a couple of tornados in our area, lots of straight wind damage around, and even more hail reportings all across Texas.
We had beautiful clouds before the storms and an awesome lightning show during the storms that went on for about 2 hours. I love lightning! I went outside and took videos and even took videos from my chair watching out the window where my orchids are thriving.
First attempt at video. Anyway, we ended up with 7/10" of rain as it slid east of us and was over by 11 pm instead of 1 am if the storm had completely come across us.
So now it is time to get busy! Enjoy your day and share your smile!
So before I get sidetracked... again... I am going to share my pictures with you.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/T6ycqk6Z6ccHjtGJ7
You will have to copy and paste it but you should be able to see all the videos of the Hummingbirds too. Most of my pictures are taken "LIVE" which means they have seconds of action. Let me know if you enjoy seeing some of my pictures.
We had a beautiful Friday evening! Wendy and I sat on the patio watching hummingbirds and cardinals and small birds galore. We listened to the guys talking inside and their laughter. Then they came back over Saturday and we met them for Mexican food and another visit full of smiles and laughter. We got some light rain on and off but Austin and Central Texas got very heavy rains.
This morning we had a bit of sunshine while East Texas was getting the heavy rain. But now we are cloudy and dreary again even though it doesn't show clouds in our area and there is still some blue peeking through.
I'm off to the patio for a bit to smell the flowers and then to watch some college baseball today from Austin since it got rained out yesterday.
A good day,weekend and new month to you. Getting much needed rain here at last and everything is growing and blooming. Enjoy your day sharing happiness with others.....George
Friday is almost over and so is May! We had another 7/10" of rain today. So are you ready for the Pilgrims???
You know.. Mayflower? I have company coming in an hour so guess I had better get the house picked up a little.
Don't forget to share your smile, even in the rain! There are so many hail damage claims that have been filed already. And some are still repairing their house from the freeze and broken pipes.
There are no words to tell you how blessed we are today and everyday. The rain bombarded us at 3 am and we ended up with 2" total. But north of Fort Worth (Keller, Saginaw and other areas) had very large hail.
And it did lots of damage. The news showed areas like hotels, apartments, and car rentals where almost every car in the parking lots had the back windows totally shattered or lots of holes in them.
We had lots of thunder and lightning but no damaging winds or hail. And even though we had 2" of rain, we were on the edge of the storm as an area near Waxahachie reported 7" from last night.
I am so very thankful that all the plants I put out in the yard didn't get beat up, but seem to be thriving. Praying that those of you who needed rain got it and none of you had damage from storms.
Here we are into another week, Tuesday already. I paid a few bills... UGH! Hubby is mowing because tonight, Wednesday, and Thursday is a chance of up to 3-4" of rain. Our backyard creek is just now dry enough to mow today.
Sun, clouds and rain are competing for our attention. And the pink moon was beautiful last night. We all had to catch it in between the clouds moving in and out.
So when you have time stop by and leave me a note and know that I am sending your Blessings & Hugs!
My how time flies even when you are retired. Where did the weekend go? We ended up with an inch of rain on Friday afternoon and evening. Saturday, we spent about 4 hours moving and planting plants. That afternoon we watched sports. Sunday we watched our Church services then enjoyed sitting on the patio and watching hummingbirds, squirrels, and lots of other birds. Even saw a big Blue Jay several times. Hubby got almost all the glue off my incision too. So it feels much better as I wait for more of the feeling to come back.
So thanks for being such a faithful friend and stopping by! It always means so much to me!
We have clouds this morning and therefore we are much warmer, low 50's. Today we will probably hang plants back into the trees around the yard. It is...
and that means I am working tomorrow. We are supposed to have 2, that's right... TWO rounds of thunderstorms tomorrow.
Yes! I love thunder and lightning and rain. On second thought, we may wait until Saturday or Sunday to move plants, when it is sunshine and 80.
Since I might not make it to the Hill tomorrow, I'll send this today...
You will never guess what I did today!!! I took a trip to Venice. A virtual trip to Venice! The tour guide was fabulous! The hour flew by and was most interesting. Our guide gave us lots of history on Venice. Have any of you ever done a virtual zoom tour? Here is the link... https://photos.app.goo.gl/NNg7GkJXnhhXxGt98
Now the pictures aren't great but with an Apple Mac, it is so easy to do screen shots. I didn't know if she would allow it so I didn't start until our guide told us it was OK to take pictures. I do hope you enjoy them.
I had several friends this morning send me text pictures of snow. Dallas broke a record low set back in 1918. Baby it's cold outside. I doubt we will hit 60 today and the wind chill is brrrr.
Yes, I have a sweatshirt on! So there won't be any sitting in the sun for my Vitamin D today. I know we will be in the 80's soon so I will hang on to that!
Hope to hear from you soon! Blessings & Hugs are coming your way.
We worked outside this morning! I got all my pots of dead and not coming back plants empty and stored in the shed (and yes I have LOTS). The soil was emptied into a large wheelbarrow and there were quite a few beautiful, fat worms!
My plants will sure be excited to get fresh dirt soon. Then the cold front came blowing in from the north and the temperatures began dropping. The birds got quiet and began looking for a place to hibernate.
I just wanted to stop by before heading to shower off some of the dirt that jumped out of the flower pots onto me instead of the wheelbarrow. So if you are reading on Tuesday, I hope you enjoyed your day. Or if it is already Wednesday, I'll be back for a visit again real soon!
This is usually what I do in the mornings... sit and drink coffee! Ok, I might play a game or two on my ipad! But not this morning.
For some unknown reason, I finished coffee hours ago and I am dressed and on the computer. Guess it is because I really want to be working in the yard. But it is still too chilly right now.
The sun is shining in the window where the tree fell over and the orchids love it. April 13 is the last known freeze for our area and we will get close on Wednesday morning at 35. On Tuesday we will hit 70 before the front comes in and drops 35 degrees and the plants are NOT going to be happy.
The ground is saturated and it looks like it is raining all over our area even though they say it is not hitting the ground. So it is a cold and damp weekend. We are 43-48 and our highs are usually in the 70's this time of year. So searching for a sweater!
Not going to lie... this is how I feel even a week after surgery. My goodness I am ready for this numbness to go AWAY. I am not excited about weeks and months of this! I am not really complaining I hope, just stating a fact.
So what are you going to do this weekend? I don't have a clue what is in store for us. We are waiting on the Septic repairman right now. Will probably be a rather large expense today for weekend call and possible pump replacement. Always fun to wake up on the weekend to the alarm going off. But whatever you do I hope you will share your smile and blessings with everyone you encounter.
