Donna W

The tree person still didn't arrive Thursday ...and didn't call...  So Bob contacted every phone number, email address, text number he could find. and finally a woman answered. Hopefully an office person. Someone is supposed to come tomorrow ( Sat) around noon. We'll see.

tree person??

It is definitely cooler today... only in the mid-70's around lunch time. The weather people are talking rain this evening.

We have been waiting for the tree person ( said he's be here around 11) to look at our tree situation. No show so far.

Tigger, the orange cat, is in another of his strange moods. Raced around the house .. up and down the stairs and attacked my ankle (again). Bob applied Iodine to the bites. I do NOT want another infection and stay in the hospital.

Three hours later... still no show. No show at all...

So the trees still need to be taken care of...

Memorial Day on the deck

 We all enjoyed our time on our daughter's deck. The dogs were delighted to see us again.. our daughter was too. 

Our pre-dinner nibbles were great. .. fresh chopped up veggie dip and chips. Couldn't believe the dogs enjoyed it too... begging for some MORE! Dinner was great too -salads, home made pickled beets, chicken burgers with horseradish sauce and a wonderful pineapple cake for dessert. We were gifted with enough cake for dessert tonight!

The weather was gorgeous... bight blue sky, small fluffy clouds, light breezes.No bugs!! I guess it is still a little early for mosquitoes etc!

Bob left messages with tree removal companies but no call backs so far. I took my grocery list and headed out to Aldi... Our daughter praised its chicken salad with cranberries and almonds.. and lucky for me there was plenty in the deli (?) section.

I think I mentioned that Blue Springs had set up a park's parking lot for tree debris ... lines of people wanting to drop stuff of were 1.5 to 2 hours long and the parking lot was full by closing. Haven't read on Facebook what the city did today!

more tree news

Well.. the backyard still has loads of large tree limbs. The huge maple ( so big it takes 4 people to hold hands around it) has also lost limbs. I hadn't really noticed.. being fixated on the oak . 

When Bob reaches someone who will take care of all this, he will ask whether the maple needs to come down. The oak is in our neighbor's yard and has lost about 1/3 . He will have to decide whether he wants to take down that tree . Not our decision .. If they have to come down... it will be expensive!!

When Bob reached our neighbor by phone he had no idea about the storm or the tree's damage!! No idea how he missed it all!!

Reaching a "tree company" is not really super critical... no damage to the house etc. ...and I bet all of them are super busy. Our city of Blue Springs has set up a place in a park's parking lot for residents to drop off trees, limbs etc. One just has figure out how to get it there!!

Our elder daughter lives about 7 miles East... no damage there at all!! BTW... the weather people called it a downdraft. So will we  will enjoy a Memorial Day dinner on her deck in the shade with her two dogs!!

Thunderstorm disaster

Blue Springs got hit pretty badly late last night due to wind gusts up to 85 mph...Trees are down everywhere and roads are blocked. 

 Lots of customers are without power .... LOTS!!

Our big maple down in the corner of our lot lost branches! But the biggest thing is the oak just over our fence in the backyard. Probably half sheared off , over the fence ( don't what its shape it is under all the branches) and ending up just shy of our 2nd story deck!! This is just one section.. another big limb is underneath. looks like about half the tree... is what is left savable?

So far it doesn't look like a trip to the grocery store is in order. The Neighborhood Walmart, near me, is closed due to no power as is Ace Hardware... and Price Chopper is between the two. Bet it's closed too!

Later... my daughter is without power  and has been since 11.00 last night. She came over to charge her phone and to have some hot coffee! Her husband stayed home to see someone about removing all their downed tree limbs.

He came later and we spent a long time sitting on the deck chatting! Both of them kept checking the Evergy website to see where repairs we being done. They headed home about 5 and their power was back on about 6pm.

What a nice day

 Today was really nice even if we get severe thunderstorms and rain overnight! We went to the farmer's market first thing and came home with beets, green beans, mini cucumbers, a loaf of cheese bread, a sweet roll and a large cookie baked by a teenager!Bob's arms were full.

When we got home I cooked the beets and turned them into pickled beets ... yummy! The green beans will be turned into a new to us salad - roasted green beans, tomatoes, garlic with a lemony dressing topped with cheese -feta ? or Parmesan   ?

This afternoon we went out to our older daughter's so that Bob could help her fix up her grill... they had disassembled it last fall... and check on the propane tanks.

Afterwards it was really nice to sit on the deck under the awning and talk. Even the dogs relaxed!

Endings

For my teacher daughter today was the last day of school! The school district has assigned her a new classroom next year so she spent this past week boxing up her classroom "stuff"  and taking the boxes to the new room on one of those carts. Luckily her desk was moved for her!!  BTW.. lots of teachers were being moved. All of them in one because the building is being changed from elementary to middle.

Earlier this week Carolyn's school  district held field days in all the elementary buildings. My grandson ( the one who graduated last week) had no more classes so he went and helped his Mother... all day!  They "ran" the soccer ball bowling game. Lucky Dominic was the one resetting all the pins... He was so exhausted that he fell asleep on the classroom floor during the mid-day break!! Though he did have lunch first!! But he enjoyed things and the kids all enjoyed him ( and marveled over his 6'5" )

Poor Iowa and its 81 tornadoes last week. Definitely going to pay attention to the weather alerts and sirens this season!! We have managed to avoid the latest weather.. the storms went south or  north.. or wherever but not here!!

Memorial Day weekend is here so the other daughter has asked her Father to help her get her grill ready for the first grilling of the season. So off we go tomorrow. They will do the grill and I will enjoy sitting on the deck with the dogs!