it's over, i'm done

the 365 challenge, i mean, not the blog.

i remembered what our dear pal, charlie, said about the reading challenge. to paraphrase, it's about the joy, not the process. trying to just fill the date with something and not a thoughtful piece started to take the joy out of blogging, so i have to nix that, sugarpies and just go back to blogging because i want to! (and i can just post pics without feeling guilty!) (yes, yes, i know, 12 years of catholic school is so ingrained in me that i still feel guilty about stuff that isn't even sinful.)

sooooooooo,  yesterday was a big holy-moley-it's-raining-and-the-sky-has-turned-black-and-the-clouds-have-opened-up-like-a-tap-turned-on-fill-blast storm! streets were flooded, trees toppled over, power went out and it was hot damn scary! we left just as the storm was intensifying because we had dinner reservations and a meeting set for The Kid with Chef Amie at cha bella. the only road in (or out) of the plantation was already flooded as we drove out, safely i must add because we all know Stretch and cap't chaos read the blog, as it wasn't flooded on the outbound side. there are NO pictures because i was driving and The Kid was way too mesmerized by the storm and the MITM was way too busy criticizing my driving. (y'all ain't surprised, right?)

The Kid and Chef Amie

it was raining when we left downtown, which is about 13 miles from the plantation, so we knew the storm had probably died down out our way and were we ever right!  not only had the storm passed, it had knocked out all the power for about all the homes (give or take a dozen) out this way. anyway, at this time of the year, to be without your AC for even 30 minutes tends to make people CRAZY. all of this was mad crazy for The Kid because around here, when it's dark it is crazymaddamndark outside and it was H-O-T! inside and out. a couple of fire trucks, 3 or 4 georgia power trucks, all sorts of attendant vehicles and official people were dealing with the problem and the newly arrived loonies who REALLY freak out when stuff like this happens.

and then,  we turned corner and what did we see? one of the tall sugar pines around the corner and down the street from us had fallen across the roadway, probably shortly after we'd left the plantation! given were we live, the tree had already been chainsawed into smaller chunks and piled on either side of the road. you gotta love suburban forest living, folks have all the proper tools! our house, like all the others around here, was dark, but still cool inside. the only thing to do was find the flashlights and LED candles and relax! 

lantern shadows

The Kid and The Maltese Falcon

it's a good thing all of the potentially dangerous trees were removed from our front yard yesterday because living around here you never know how the wind and rain are going to mess up a great evening!  it's looking really different, but we're all getting used to it.  we'll post pictures after the clean-up.

BUT, i do have some other pictures for all y'all!

BGM

BBC eating dirt

xoxoxox