We must have had a very bad storm last night but Mark and I didn't know it! Not until we got up this morning, that is, and found the lawn littered with branches and a zillion little broken sticks everywhere. Such fun! The worst was a huge part of a tree that fell on the road by our lane and blocked all traffic. Mark pulled it out of the roadway and worked on dismantling it in our driveway. I spent 3 sweaty hours picking up sticks. My back is a little stiff now! Some good came out of the storm...a dead raccoon in the tree that fell on the road. :-) I actually felt "sort of" sorry for the critter! Mark noticed skid marks on the gravel road going right up to the tree and saw the tree was moved about two feet from the impact of whatever poor soul hit it last night. I am not certain how you miss a tree this size laying across the road but someone saw it too late!
Megan and her family had a Thiel reunion in LeMars this week-end. She said their golf outing on Saturday was scorching hot but they had a great time. Now, the long drive back to Peoria today for them. She said they plan to come to the farm next week-end so I cannot wait for that. The sweet corn will be ready by then and the rest of my garden is producing so we won't starve. I think I have convinced Matt to drive out here, too. Looking forward to seeing them all again so soon. I could get used to this..
Some pics of our mess and also a picture of Andy, Drew and Kayley which I stole from Jenny Thiel's FB page! Thanks Jenny! I liked that picture. :-) I am trying to figure out what it is that has all three of them staring downward?!?!?!
