Thursday, July 19, 2007

The Biggest Hail Storm I Have Ever Seen

just passed through and here I sit home alone cameraless!!

The entire deck was FULL of hail balls. I mean FULL. It looked like it was covered with snow. Oh, what a picture that would have been. I grabbed the dead camera and gave it another try.....just in case.......but it was still dead.

My poor cannas--their big beautiful leaves are now ripped apart from the hail.

I went to the deck and scooped up some hail and put it in the freezer. I want to show DH when he gets home.

I have spent a little time this week finishing the hand quilting on my Stary Log Cabin. All I have to do now is the binding. I will be happy to get it finished as I've been working on it for a year and half.

It's amazing the extra time I have now that I am not taking pictures of every event in my life. :)

8 comments:

  1. Oh wow! Hasn't the weather this year been just the oddest you've ever seen? We only went as high as 62F here today and it feels like a Fall day...hard to believe we're in mid July for goodness sakes!! Your poor flowers must have certainly taken a beating:-( And you thought blogging was taking up a lot of your time...it's your picture taking that does! hehe xox

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  2. Poor garden! That happened last year - the Brugmansia/Angel Trumpet leaves were Swiss cheese. The plant made new ones but it took time, water and fertilizer.

    Good luck with the camera, Zoey. I have no advice since a basic Kodak EasyShare [think it has 3 megas] is my only digital experience.

    And good luck with the court thing, too.

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

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  3. Oh, so sorry about your cannas and other garden stuff. Hail storms are the worst and this one sounds super bad. Bummer.

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  4. What kind of quilter are you. Hand or machine? I find hand quilting to be relaxing and therapeutic. It actually can lower my blodd pressure.

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  5. That sounds like a doozy of a hailstorm. How sad about your cannas. I hope there's not too much damage to the rest of the garden and containers.
    Yes, what a time not to have a camera! I know what you mean about photography taking up so much of your time. I can fully relate to that :)
    I hope you can find a camera you like. My newest one is a Canon Rebel XTi and I love it (lots to learn though!) but they are rather expensive.
    I love my little Canon PowerShot S410 too and still carry it in my purse. It's a great size and is 4 MP with a 3x zoom. We paid about $240 (including shipping) for that from Amazon. It came with a 128mb card, which was a good deal.
    Good luck deciding what to buy!
    I hope the court thing goes well. That does not sound like fun!
    We had rain for most of the day yesterday, sometimes heavy downpours. I can't remember another day like that this spring and summer. It's been so dry and I've had to spend way too much time watering.

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  6. Wow-that's something else! Weird weather stuff!
    I see Kerri has the same cameras (almost as me)-good choice there. My brother, the one who is an electronic tech at the tv station in Philly, likes the Rebel too.
    Sorry about your flowers. I know the first thing I do after a big storm is to check all my gardens.
    I guess it wouldn't hurt to have your film camera loaded (if you still have one) or get a pocket camera. My mom still uses one and of course you can get 1 hour developing at most places.

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  7. Wow, hail, and NO CAMERA! That must have been really frustrating. I know how I would feel...

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