…and I was working, and taking Christmas pictures of MEG, and going to Christmas music rehearsal last night, so I didn’t get to tell you about the high winds and RAIN that lashed my homestead.

I don’t know the official top speeds of the winds, or their intensity. I do know that my barbeque was pushed off my patio and flipped over end for end; the top of MEG’s sand box turtle was thrown across the yard (and the sand was, as expected, soaked); the mop bucket and wet/dry vacuum stored on the back patio were also shoved off and flipped on their sides; and the worst part: my twenty foot tall, aluminum flagpole was snapped off at the joint of the first piece. The flag (it lived, BZ – it is currently folded and stored safely) was still attached to the rest of the pole, but said rest of pole was tangled into the trees growing around the flagpole.

So – now I have to find a replacement base unit. Since I bought the pole as a kit, I will probably end up buying a whole new set. Since I needed to move the pole anyway, this is the perfect opportunity to place it where the trees and the roof of the house won’t interfere with the flag, and with the additional sections, I will be able to raise the pole higher than before. Of course, that also means I’ll have to reposition some lighting, but that’s no big deal.

I know that the storm that hit us Monday night was just the leading edge of a a large storm system moving across the nation. I pray that all my readers and my blog friends across the country will be safe and weather this series of storms with little, if any, damage to them or their households. Ya’ll take care now, hear?

Chat ya later…

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