almost see her shadow

ok...boys and girls... I just had a guy pull in and want to by a 100 pounds of pork chop 100....

like we have been closed since 2002! amazing.. then, he proceeds to tell me that I need to take my sign down, and when I tell him I don't want to as I have another business here .... he says well then paint on it the new information, I share that if I had the money I would, joking of course... just for him.... then I thank him for sharing with me how I should run my business... and as he storms off, I mention that I didn't remember him from my many customers of 21 years, so that might be why we had to close.. we missed his business so much... ( I wonder how many folks go to the three story tall building on the east side of main between 8th and 9th expecting to find Gates Furniture there, like the faded sign on the side of building says... sigh... go figure)

ok.. maybe this was not the best way to handle things.. but ... if you were here.. .it was kind of funny.. .haha... later... clearing skies and lightning from one side of the clearing sky to the other.. wow.. what a show. and now the 20 degree temp. drop from 74 to 54... all i know for now.. enjoy...

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looking west

wanting to show rain hitting ground but.

cry me a river, hummmm

lots this size or bigger

this am

ground turning white from hail

Oh my goodness....

for the first time since we put in our outdoor 'fraidy' hole..... we were in it. A loud clap of lightning and a very resounding thunder almost on top of it woke me up and I hit the floor, turned on the tv and heard ole' David Payne, yes he was still on the air... say that a tornado could form at any time... so ... I woke up a very upset Ann, she told me to get Jake and Trisha, we did, and head for the cellar... and in about 15 mins it was past... but we talked with Great Grandma who was in her cellar, and Phil and his family who were in their cellar and Paul who said they were A-Ok... so we all made it thru.... but you know.. that was the first time since spending the money that we used something we had for the first time and it was about 20 years ago when we put it in... haha... wow! but they say, when you need it .. you need it! (Ann and I were worried all the excitement might cause Isabella to want to come out... hahaha.. but to no avail... !)
Stay safe, with one eye on the weather today... once cold front is by us, we should be ok for few days... we did get about a half inch of rain all at once and dime size hail... some growing to quarter size during the worst of the storm