Yesterday was an interesting day. First, I was playing a casual game of poker and the youngsters come home. My daughter informs me that Yabu Jr. told her he was going to emancipate himself so that he could move to Texas and move in with his Grandma. What? I can poke several holes in that plan, number one being that he didn't have enough sense to not throw a can of butane into a fire and the resulting mayhem, so therefore he isn't qualified to take care of himself. Instead, I googled it, and google told him he had to be at least 14. Second of all, his grandma is 88 years old and looking after a teenage boy isn't exactly on her bucket list. Been there, done that.
Then, I go to Wallyworld. That was my first mistake, I suppose, but hey, there were a few beverages we needed for the weekend, and they do sell beer as well as soda.
Right before I left, there was a wicked wind that blew up. It looked like a tornado tried to form right in our yard. Someone that lives nearby said they saw one down the road a ways, but none of the sirens went off. It picked up all the newly mown grass and deposited it right on the black car sitting in the backyard.
The Senior Chief was down in the pine stand when it blew and he came up and said maybe he'd light the fire here in a minute.
The sun came back out, and I went on my way.
When I got home, Yabu Jr. informed me I needed to go down to the fire pit and check out the mayhem down that way.
As you can see from the picture, one of my gorgeous Georgia Pines came down. On the car. That one was due for the junkyard anyway, but it surely was everybody's favorite car. The Senior Chief ALMOST got it moved in time. We had been talking about it for awhile, but didn't get a round tuit.
He had taken the air compressor down there to fill up the tires, put it in neutral and roll it forward about 6 feet. He got around to the passneger side and it started coming down. He stood there and watched it. He said it didn't really make any noise until it popped the windows out of the car.
All in all, more excitement around here. Which I really, really could do without.
1 comments:
... my Mother lost a HUGE poplar tree when the tornado came through last month..... must have been 180 feet tall...... glad y'all's house was safe!...
Eric
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