not where I want us to be...

DH has heart problems...

his tests did not come out good...

we are waiting for the cardiologist to call and let us know what will happen next...

please pray...

 

I need help for a friend...

Fundraiser by April Honeycutt : Help Maraquan Crossing (gofundme.com)

  

if you can help, it would be so appreciated...

if you cannot, please pray

hurry up and wait...

 

its been a busy month so far...

waiting to hear from the tree service and the insurance adjuster...

Craig flew to Canada on Wednesday...

will be gone 3 weeks...

Doug was here for a couple of days...

now, its just the old man and me...

its so peaceful and quiet...

not doing any major yard work until things are settled and we can get back to normal around here...

the flower beds need thinned out, so overgrown...

but at least there is no room for weeds...

have a great weekend!

our yard after the derecho...

one of the maple trees lost 4 large limbs out of the top...

the almost took out the willow tree...

the guys got them pulled off of the willow, cut up and piled by the road...

north line of the property had a tree come down...

didn't hit anything...

the big walnut along the field had one limb down and 3 others are just hanging up there and need to be taken care of...

the hybrid popular/ cottonwood lost one large limb at the very top...

but its caught in the tree behind it...

we don't go there until it comes down...

the willow lost a couple of small limbs from the maple top falling, but didn't hurt the main trunk at all...

and the rose bed was just fine...

the downed tree is behind the rose bed...

we spent the 4th weekend picking up sticks and mowing the leaf clusters...

we got 3.1 inches of much needed rain from all the storms that went through over a few days...

our 4th celebration for our town is this next Saturday...

so no canceled plans or rearranging the scheduled events...

we had a large doe in the yard yesterday right after lunch...

she was so pretty...

hope your 4th was awesome and you had some much needed time with family and friends...

have good days...

 

derecho moved through here last week...

we had 100 mph winds...

these are the 2 lots across the street from us...

the big old elm tree went down...

and the other one was topped really bad...

these trees were 100 years old or better...

our old friend who owns them is 86 now, living is assisted living...

and his sister is in a nursing home...

and she is a very dear old friend of mine...

he visits her every other day...

her vision is very poor and she has dementia...

he has his hands full and was so distraught with the news of the property...

so I asked him if it would be ok if I took care of it for him and he said that is would be much appreciated, just send him the bill...

so when the tree guys come to take care of our yard...

I will have them take care of his, too...

down the street, our neighbor ended up with his neighbor behind him's carport and shed up against his garage...

but, it missed his machine shed and his house...

this storm was wide spread and over 200,000 lost power in our area on just one of the power carriers...

we have 3 power suppliers in our area...

we were without power for over 30 hours, the longest we have ever gone...

the storm was 175 miles long and over 40 miles wide...

our area had the highest winds...

we are ok, no one hurt or killed in it in our town...

our home and cars are fine...

we have one tree down and 3 were topped...

been on the phone with the insurance company, tree removal guy, friends and neighbors, checking to make sure everyone is ok and just cleaning debris from our yard...

insurance adjustor was here right before supper last night...

took a lot of pictures, noticed all the little things, and will be in touch with a settlement soon...

just waiting on the tree service to get to us and see what its going to take to get this done and how long it will take for them to get to us...

we have 4 limbs that need to come down that didn't fall, they are just hanging up there, one tree down and then haul it all off...

pretty sure its going to take a couple of days to get the lots across from us all cleared and stumps ground...

so, we are totally blessed to not have had more damage for us...

prayer works...

have a happy and safe 4th...

I will post photos of our yard in the next day or two...