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Yesterday afternoon,
we tried to clean up the deck as best we could
in preparation for Earl's arrival.
My living room now has all my plants in it.
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Junior knows this is not right.
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This is where my plants were.
I'll let Earl wash that away.
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I left my jade plant and my aloe
on the south side.
Don't think they'll be going anywhere.
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The grill and the chair are tied to the railing.
I've seen gusts of wind just blow that grill
right across the deck.
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My moonflower and hyacinth bean vine
are staying.
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Here's the calm before the storm.
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Now for the morning after:
I hope I don't lose my bay tree.
I was able to walk out on the deck
and pick bay leaves.
Can't do that now,
since it's leaning so much.
The pool is a mess.
Never put a pool around willow trees.
Poor amaranthus,
aka love lies bleeding.
Lot of mess in the yard.
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Couple inches of standing water in the driveway.
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Downed amaranthus which just started blooming.
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That's my leaning bay tree.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this.
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A few branches in the yard.
Junior's having great fun in the puddles.
Still blowing.
It's low tide now.
High tide in about 5 hours.
Hopefully I won't have to go down to utility room
and garage to move stuff to higher ground.
That would be a ginormous pain in the ass.
6 comments:
I'll keep my fingers crossed for your lovely bay tree. And for you, of course!
Every time I watch the news (here in Calif) I think of you and your family. Stay safe.
Thanks all.
Hope you are doing okay!
We got lucky this time. Glad y'all are ok. I brought all my plants in too. Found out later there were some crickets in the plants; and my dog(I have a Dixie too) and I enjoyed crickets chirping in the house all night. Had a lot of Live Oak leaves and just some dead limbs all over. Nothing living was broken.
I found a katydid on my wall.
My bay tree is listing. Had to cut a lot of branches today. Rootball is pulling out.
Willows, pines, everywhere.
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