Today has been a quiet one... though I did leave the house for a much needed haircut. As my stylist snipped her way though my hair I got to listen to all sorts of conversations... changing, minutely, hair dye colors... where they were while the sirens blew...whether they tried to get home or managed to find a safe area.. and so on.
And this is just the start of tornado season. Still quiet when the day ended!!
Found blinds on Wayfair... just the right size ... and they will arrive ( free shipping) Sat through Monday. Then Bob will have to hang them. They are light darkening .. a new feature for me.
After yesterday the local alert system will not be doing their monthly siren testing...the sirens had a huge workout, going off for over 1/2 hour..
I've been watching a flock of ravens ( and boy are they huge) wandering around on a neighbor's driveway...But then another bird came and wanted them out! The ravens flew onto a branch just outside of our office window! Again... they are huge!! We've never had so many all at once.
Yesterday...
We are about 1 mile from the lowest part of the cloud on the right side...safe (?) in our basement.
Our grandson had his orientation at Hy-Vee today..received his uniforms too. Hopefully his schedule tomorrow.
It's been a quiet day... lots of reading. Bob went off and got his haircut. I go tomorrow. I made a quiche for dinner with farmer's market tomatoes and mayonnaise. There's enough left for another dinner..
So far... the work ( on the gate) Bob and our two daughters has been successful.. One side no longer opens and the other works and there is a wooden threshold Harper wont be digging under. The law mowing guy was able to get in and out yesterday. Good thing it was yesterday because today is supposed to be rain and storms. ( raining now and lots of thunder)
One of the window blinds in my bedroom has given up... so down they both came . They are big - each is 38 in wide by 64 in long. I may decide not to buy new ones for awhile.
The financial cuts being made have really impacted local non-profits...all seem to be searching for other sources of money and grants.
PBS and NPR have increased their financial appeals and increased their fund raising. I hate to think of the cuts they would have to make... we will be increasing our donations to all sorts of venues.
We will not be attending marches or protests... too far, lots of walking from hard to find parking and so on... but $$$ can help things we believe in.
We had sirens blowing and blowing and blowing. There had been multiple severe storm warnings and flood warnings but then it was tornado watch .. then tornado warnings and then the sirens went off. We went downstairs into the cellar and waited. We took cell phones, land line phones and my kindle. Bob went to his workbench and worked on a radio.
Both daughters checked to see we were safe! The area had lots of shelf clouds ... lots and lots of rain.. one possible tornado at Arrowhead stadium...What a start to this year's tornado season!
Our daughter found that Harper was trying to dig her way out again... at the gate. It has rained quite a bit so the dirt was soft and Harper came into the house with muddy paws etc!
So our daughter and Bob spent time discussing things and ordering stuff from Home Depot ... and he texted daughter/teacher for help. The three of them ( with me watching on) spent yesterday afternoon working on a new solution.
Of course it was super hot and sunny and all of us were ready to collapse when done!! Fingers crossed this time it works... one side of the gate is no longer functioning but the lawn mowing guy will be able to get into the other half.
Today will be a restful one... dinner on the deck at Harper's!
Later... dinner was great. The temperature hit 85 in the afternoon but by the time we had dinner the deck was shady and much cooler.
Our grandson had his first job interview this past Friday... today he learned that he will start Wednesday. he will be working at Hy-Vee. This will be his first job.. all his earlier summers had been filled with marching band's trips and practice.
It was raining when I woke up this morning.. enough rain to fill the street gutters. Later this morning we had some sun but it is gray now.. The weather reports say we will be much warmer starting Saturday...
Hopefully a trip to the farmers' market Saturday will be dry! Both Bob and I are having a quiet day after the company last night and his spending time strengthen Harper's gate.
We have had a jet and a two rotator-type helicopter flying over head. The jet was quite low and way too big for the Grain Valley airport nearby and was going back and forth. After it left we had sirens and then the helicopter which was big ... low and noisy . No idea what was going on.
Just finishing a few things before people arrive this evening.
Bob went out to our daughter's house to work on the gates .. hopefully to keep Harper from escaping again.
Talking about escaping... Tigger the orange cat managed to slip past me as I went outside to water my tomato plants . I had made a batch of banana peel water. Tigger ran down the steps with me going after him. He got to the bottom and looked around and decided to come back up where I grabbed him and tossed him back into the house. We are going to have to do something about his desire to get out!! I would be happy to let him be on the deck but Bob is afraid he will jump down ... the deck is a second story one.
The quilting/crafting "meeting" was great fun... a little working, eating and laughing!
On our way out of our subdivision on an errand we saw loads of trash bins waiting for the weekly emptying... they will be there until tomorrow. Today is our usual day but yesterday was Memorial Day - a holiday- so things have been put off until tomorrow !
The trash company called to tell us of this change!
Our heat came back on in the middle of the night... it had gotten a lot cooler...and rainy.
I think I am pretty well ready for tomorrow's quilting/crafting get together.
Later.. just heard from our daughter that Harper is digging under gate again. With all our rain the dirt is very soft and so it has been easy for her. Bob is going to help.. again
