How short a week;
Last Friday 6/17/'11, I posted photos of some of our Flowers;
The first photo of that blog was of our beautiful Rose tree in the side yard landscaping.
Little did we know that on Wednesday 6/22/11 that the storm, rain & winds would change this landscape forever.
Yesterday, here in Macomb County, around 4:15 pm, the tornado sirens were set off; they rang loud & clear for a good 5 min.
Around 5;15 pm. the horizontal Rain, high winds & hail hit our area;
..the hail was small & short-lived;
..the winds were strong [we had already removed all deco flags And the US Flag;
..we watched as the Rain blew directly West to East, noticing that you could see
the straight line rain fall; in fact it lined up perfectly with the horizontal blinds in
such a way as to be remarkably straight as if on a grid.
..we heard that a tornado had been spotted and recalled 2010-August 19th when
the same straight-line-horizontal-rain-fall was seen.
..the actual tornado was NE of us and not near the homes West of us that were hit
so harshly last year.
..we never though of damage here as we had removed the Flag from the new pole
[in Aug.2010, the Flag [US] was damaged and the pole was snapped in two.]
After the rain diminished, we looked out the side door & kitchen window;
we saw that the Rose Tree was no more; in fact it was in a spiral configuration and flattened to the ground.
It was sad to see & when the rain stopped, we made a dash outside to see what could be done with / for it.
Nothing to do but cut it down; with plans to dig the roots from the ground today. 6/23/'11.
Did take pictures today of the 'result' of removal; roots need to be professionally removed.
Here are some photos:
the final resting place for the "Rose Tree"
Once the 'stump' has been removed, then a switch in decor happens;
...a close up view of Spuds the dog & the fishing Boy
And, that is how the Dragottas make 'landscape Lemonade from damaged Lemons'
Enjoy
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