Ok.  you guys all know that we lost a significant part of our male mulberry tree in the late evening of August 4th.

here's the link to a picassa web album  http://picasaweb.google.com/mmdonat/Tree0804

On the morning of August 5th, even before we had our power back, our ( Read more... )

We got pretty lucky. The fence to the north (the part I didn't repair after the Father's Day storm) is pretty hosed. I'ts guyed up like the Golden Gate Bridge. We'll probably have to replace it completely. It is covered by our insurance, though, so that's OK. The fence to the south looks like it was snapped off just like the northern part was on ( Read more... )

We had an adventure on Father's day. About 730am.. the wind picked up to the point that I sat straight up in bed. Lots of trees moving, the house creaking, and such. About 30 seconds later, Erika stormed into our bedroom... The rain was coming in horizontally into Erika's room. I went in to close her windows, looked out and this is what I found ( Read more... )