While the wind subsided a bit, but before it got really bad, I decided to try out my new camera.
Great what a power-outage will encourage one to do, isn't it? Above is just a short view of what happens when the wind and rain pick up at our house. Later, the wind picked up some more, knocking down a 50' Italian cypress and the weird willow-like plant monstrosity in the most-distant corner of the yard, taking out several sections of fence, and prompting us to ask the tree guy take down the giant sequoia my father foolishly planted in the back yard. Shel sometimes expresses a wish that my dad were still alive, just so she could berate him for some of the decisions he made. Tree felling is not cheap, but it's a lot cheaper than the deductible on the homeowner's insurance. If the sequoia comes down on its own, it will likely take out the neighbors' garage.
My sister Suzanne doesn't have the tree problems that we do, but she's gotten her share of fun out of the storm as well.
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