In the Blink of An Eye...

The saying is true: "Things can change in the blink of an eye".  After a "Severe Thunderstorm Watch" all day long, tonight at suppertime we had a storm roll through and what a vicious little storm it was. A downpour of rain and high winds, just for a few minutes, and that loud rolling thunder... It passed and we continued eating supper. Then the phone rang and it was my sister-in-law (who lives next door) asking me had I looked out at my front lawn? When I went out the front door, this is what I saw. We had lost

half of one of our big maples on the front (side) lawn. It appears it was struck by lightning, although it looks like there may have been an area of rot as well which would have weakened the area right around the "break". Anyway half the tree is now lying on our lawn. We are lucky though - had it been just a few feet taller it would have hit the roof - or my studio!!! As it is, it is just touching the corner of my hosta bed. Of course this would happen when hubby is away.... Hopefully we can get a good deal of it cleaned up

tomorrow before he gets back. Who knows if we'll lose the whole tree.. with such an area of the inner wood "exposed" in such a "bare wound"... I would think it will be more susceptible now to rot...?
There was lots of other damage around the city too- thousands lost power, lots of other trees down, several transformers on our street blew and there was also a power pole on fire up the street...
Yep, things can change in the blink of an eye....  Ya just never know what will happen next around here...

Peace,
Linda

"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do". ~ Willa Cather