When nature hands you lemons . . . thank God you and your family are safe and you still have a roof over your head.
I don't remember such a rainy summer with fierce lightening that travels with the thunderstorms.
These thunderstorms were too much for our huge oak tree that is dangerously close to the house. One of the monsterously huge limbs must have gotten too heavy from all the rain and old age. The trunk is as big around as a normal oak tree. I always wanted to hang a swing from it, figuring it was sturdy and never going anywhere. Wrong!
The casualty is the back storage shed and outdoor patio. The building itself and the patio roof looks crumpled like an accordion. My heart is broken . . . I love that outdoor patio, not to mention we don't know what is going on inside, where so many of my treasures and memories live. We are still dealing with the shock of that huge tree limb falling . . . the damage that has been done inside is already done, so I guess it has to be one shock at a time.
I'm so grateful it did not fall on the house and we are safe.
Photos of the fallen tree and damage will be posted on the blog "My Florida Paradise" . . . this post is about solutions.
We plan on using as much of the wood as we can on various projects and lots of material for the compost pile. I went on an internet search expedition and found the most awesome path I have ever seen! Along with lots of tables and benches, this will be one of the projects for sure. I'll be listing more projects as I find them so we will have the instructions and ideas handy and hopefully help someone else who was handed lemons from nature.
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