i worked on the banner saturday night but it wasn’t the way i wanted so i got up yesterday morning and started working before even drinking any lapsang souchong at all.
i asked for kevin’s advice, and voila! here it is.
on wednesday evening, after yet more rain, i happened to look up from my ipad where i was playing games, or maybe i was clearing some of the many many emails that i don’t care about out of my computer – and i looked up, and there was this glorious rainbow.
we hurried down to the shore and the left end of it looked like it sank right down into the lake. so cool! plus i can’t remember when i’ve seen a full rainbow, plus there was the bonus double rainbow, although just a portion of it.
anyway, it has been rainy. just friday morning it rained three and a half inches.
two weeks ago, the 5th, this is how hard it was raining. it was incredibly windy, plus there was some small hail. as i was taking this picture kevin was saying STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOW. luckily, no branches smashed through. whew.
buckets and buckets of rain…
at water’s edge, this little pin oak tree that kevin likes tipped over. he used a metal bar to prop it up, and it’s still hanging on. the giant tree next to it continues to lean precipitously into the water.
after all the rain that day i stepped onto the front porch and noticed an unusual dragonfly caught in a huge spider web next to the door. it wasn’t moving and i figured it was probably dead.
its two front wings were bent, and i carefully pried it from the web. it did a little flapping, and i smoothed down its crumpled wings.
i set it on the porch rug and it looked remarkably OK.
i went back inside, but then kept coming back to check on it. it finally made it onto the front walk, but i figured it might get smashed there so i carefully coaxed it onto a leaf and set it down in the front garden area.
the next morning it was gone, and in my mind anyway, it flew off and is now living a contented dragonfly life.
ok then,
mrs. monday hughes.