I woke up to the sun shining, but by the afternoon, the promised rain did come through. Again, we had two different rain storms come through...the first produced just a little thunder and a little rain. But the second one came through with strong winds and more thundere and more rain. I happened to be going out to the laundry room when the strongest hit and I was really surprised at how dark it got and how strong the wind was blowing through the trees. It bleew a pot with one of my tomato plants in it over. And it "flattened" three of my tomato plants that are in a cement planter. In other words, the planter was too heavy so the plants just got blown over and were tall enough that the tops were laying on the ground. After it passd by I went out to set my tomato plant in the pot back up and I found some stakes to prop up the other three tomato plants. They are flowering and have a few baby tomatoes on them...so I didn't want them to end up broken off. They seemed to be none the worse for wear! I was surprised at how many small branches were blown down on the ramp. I picked those up and picked up a few on the side of the ramp near the house. Between the two storms we got a little over an inch of rain. I like these inches of rain that we have been getting...means that I don't have to do much watering with the hoses! One of my goals today was to get the cross stitch ornament I was stitching on finished and to start on another one...both of those goals were met. The good thing about this new ornament that I started stitching today is that it is the last one that I need to stitch that I mail out of town. The rest I stitch willl be for local family and friends. We are getting close to the haf-way mark to Christmas so that is when I have to up the speed of getting ornaments done. And, of course, none of these ornaments are really "done!" They are stitched, but still have to be finished into an ornament...but the stitching part is what takes the longest time...so I am in a very good place. I lacked a lot of energy today so it was a good stitching day! Yesterday I finished reading the public library book I had been reading and an audible book of this same series came up in my library app, Libby. So I decided that I would borrow it and listen to it while I stitch. I started listening to it sometime yesterday and have let it run in the background of whatever I have been doing...stitching, doing a little work in the kitchen, etc. Well, by this afternoon, I was getting close to the finish so I sat back with stitching in hand and decided that I would finish listening to it. At some point, I must have dozed off...and...when I awakened, the book had finished! Now to back up enough to find out exactly how it ended...it was a mystery...I do know part of the mystery...but not totally sure of "who done it!" One of the perils of me listening to books...it's easy to fall asleep and then have to figure out where you were when you fell asleep! I do know the chapter number of where I started listening before dozing off...so I should be able to go back enough to get the last details of this mystery! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!
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