Um... y'all? This is why I can't have nice things.
Still life with jogger
Originally uploaded by kestrel127OK, so I was in bed last night reading when I heard this weird noise. Like something fell over. I thought it might be one of the IKEA Grundtal's we have up in the next room, so I got up to investigate. No, that wasn't it. Didn't see anything amiss downstairs either. So, I figured some stuff fell down and I just didn't notice.
Except that, this afternoon, I went outside to water the flowers in the front yard and realized that half the freaking tree in my front yard broke off. HALF THE TREE. It's blocking the sidewalk and the walkway and broke the tree across the sidewalk, too. Called the condo association and by the sound of the chainsaws I hear, it's being cleaned up right now, but damn, y'all.
House, parked cars and joggers are all OK.
More pictures on facebook and flickr.
ETA: So, the three guys with chainsaws showed up about an hour after I called the emergency line, hacked up the downed branches, and moved them off of the sidewalk and walkway. That's it. I'm hoping that someone will pick them up tomorrow?