uh oh

 We have some bad weather in the area tonight

    I just called Julia and told her she may want to check out her tornado room tonight.  There is a severe thunderstorm heading toward Oregon with 60 mph winds, hail and the possibility of a tornado.

    I hate nights like this.

    I have made 5 trips from the den to the bedroom to listen to weather radio updates.  I think it is 25 steps, but I am not sure.  I bet I will count next alarm.

    On positive notes, I crossed off a couple of things from my humungous to do list today.

    I completed my secret project!

    I took Jackie to see it and she liked it.

    Emily bought me some strawberry plants.  I did not have a place to plant them.

    So I bought a stainless steel water tank  to use as a planter.

    I put it on top of a furniture roller so I dan roll it in the garage in the winter to prevent the plants from freezing.

    I drilled holes in the bottom for drainage, put in some rock, dirt, fertilizer, cow manure and compost and then some more dirt.  Tomorrow I may put mulch over the dirt part to hold in moisture.

    I may have spent $475,000 putting it together, but it will be worth it when I get fresh strawberries.

    We had a storm today. 

    Lots of wind and a fierce, heavy rain.  But it did not last long.

    My rain gauge only had 2 tenths of an inch.  Which makes me wonder how they measure rain when it is blowing  sideways.

    Enough of my drivel.

    I hope everyone is safe out there......summer storms always give me a bad case of nerves.

Peace and Love

Strawberry fields, forever.    I just hope there are not too many plants!