I now know why .........
people don't sleep in the garden.
Yesterday afternoon, after a quick squeezin' on the cider press with my friend Brenda, Sheepie Neighbor and I were chatting on the phone. Suddenly, the wind blew up. Sheepie asked if it was raining and I replied that was just the wind. And then .... this branch went crashing down!
And then ... this one!
And this one!
In all, about 5 fairly substantial branches and lots of leaves, small branches, sticks and twigs.
We lost two arbors ... numerous potted plants .... chairs were blown down and plates in the corn-zebo were tossed out the door like Frisbees. One large wicker basket of geraniums was tossed about. I have found the geraniums but have yet to find the basket!
Our neighbor lost numerous shingles from a recently replaced roof. Fortunately, ours roof stayed nailed tight. I was concerned about the swoooopy roof of the Summer Kitchen. At one point the shingles were standing straight up!!! I kept praying ..... "No! No! No! Just stay down! Just stay down!" And they did!
But the biggest thing ..... I went out and found another branch on top of the garden bed. Hmmmm? I thought the bed was dressed. But no sheets .. no quilt.. no pillow .. no mattress were to be found. Oh ... there was a bit of white in the bean field. There were the sheets .... the quilt ... and the pillow. But still no mattress.
I hauled the wet bed linens in for laundering ... and went upstairs to check the weather radar. I glanced out the window and saw a bit of green foam in the distance. There ......... 1/2 mile away ..... propped up against the corn-field......... was the mattress!
The sky was ominous at 3:30 in the afternoon. The clouds continued to rumble through-out the evening hours.
The mattress is still against the corn-field ..... 1/2 mile away.
The tea cup tree is safe and sound. But the garden bed and the prayer flags are being tucked away for the winter
I do hope the fairies that sleep in my garden have found other sleeping arrangements. Maybe in Kansas.
Yesterday afternoon, after a quick squeezin' on the cider press with my friend Brenda, Sheepie Neighbor and I were chatting on the phone. Suddenly, the wind blew up. Sheepie asked if it was raining and I replied that was just the wind. And then .... this branch went crashing down!
And then ... this one!
And this one!
In all, about 5 fairly substantial branches and lots of leaves, small branches, sticks and twigs.
We lost two arbors ... numerous potted plants .... chairs were blown down and plates in the corn-zebo were tossed out the door like Frisbees. One large wicker basket of geraniums was tossed about. I have found the geraniums but have yet to find the basket!
Our neighbor lost numerous shingles from a recently replaced roof. Fortunately, ours roof stayed nailed tight. I was concerned about the swoooopy roof of the Summer Kitchen. At one point the shingles were standing straight up!!! I kept praying ..... "No! No! No! Just stay down! Just stay down!" And they did!
But the biggest thing ..... I went out and found another branch on top of the garden bed. Hmmmm? I thought the bed was dressed. But no sheets .. no quilt.. no pillow .. no mattress were to be found. Oh ... there was a bit of white in the bean field. There were the sheets .... the quilt ... and the pillow. But still no mattress.
I hauled the wet bed linens in for laundering ... and went upstairs to check the weather radar. I glanced out the window and saw a bit of green foam in the distance. There ......... 1/2 mile away ..... propped up against the corn-field......... was the mattress!
The sky was ominous at 3:30 in the afternoon. The clouds continued to rumble through-out the evening hours.
The mattress is still against the corn-field ..... 1/2 mile away.
The tea cup tree is safe and sound. But the garden bed and the prayer flags are being tucked away for the winter
I do hope the fairies that sleep in my garden have found other sleeping arrangements. Maybe in Kansas.
Comments
I can't believe the mattress went that far!