Blue sky

I can see some blue sky and the warning is over. We are back upstairs now.
More on the way so tonight should be interesting!

Blogging from the basement

Yep, that's right. We are all hanging out in the basement during a tornado warning. I am trying to take my mind off of the weather, so I decided to get on the computer. That is all for now got to pay attention to the weather.

Before the Storm

The sunset before a storm on Friday night.

Where was my camera?

I carry my camera everywhere. Of course one of the days that I really truly wanted it by my side to document an act of nature I did not have it.

I have always said that if and when I ever see a tornado or funnel cloud I would either A. pass out. B. scream C. have to be shaken back to sanity.

Well two weeks ago B. happened.

It was a dreary weekend. Jimmy and I decided to drive up to the Dells to explore and do some shopping. It was not raining yet at our house but as we approached Madison the clouds got darker and darker. It looked like a wall of black clouds.

As we entered the highway off to the right was one of my worst fears; a silvery white funnel shaped cloud.

I pointed at it and alerted Jimmy. Alerted is a calm word. I screamed and pointed. OH MY GOD!!!!! He said "nah that isn't a funnel cloud, " as he accelerated. I was in panic mode but what did I think of first.....MY CAMERA...where was my camera!!! I didn't have it!! How can I pretend to be photographer and not have my camera! This could have been my big break...haha =)

We kept watching it, Jimmy kept trying to focus my attention elsewhere. It crept farther down the sky and a little farther and then it broke up. All that was left was a thin silver string-like line through the sky where it use to be. It was over.

In all honesty it was quite interesting and maybe even pretty...well sort of. I say this not thinking about us being gobbled up by it along with the cows, Dorothy and Toto. I really don't want to see another one.
Jimmy, I am very grateful there were no job offers in Oklahoma.

What to watch?

Okay tv fans, I need a show for Tuesday nights.
My favorite show has bid farwell.....RIP LOST.

Glee or V?

Any ideas for me?

I cooked something!

Yes, many of you think I don't cook. But I will prove you wrong. On Friday I tried this recipe and it was quite good. Nice for the summer! Try it!

Spring Green Risotto
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/spring-green-risotto-recipe/index.html

All about the yard.

Summer is here....well not quite yet, but it certainly feels like summer. It was close to 100 yesterday with the heat index. Temp was around 92. I enjoyed it.

Since many of my readers are miles and states away I thought I would post some pictures of the yard and flowers that we have planted.

Here is a picture of the screen porch. There is a beautiful lilac bush in the background.
The irises are at the back of the house. We just planted the 3 hostas. The big one is Jimmy's favorite. He chose it.

This is the back border of our property line. To the right is the start of our backyard.

We decided to plant cucumbers and watermelons in the raised bed. We will see what happens. Last year I tried broccoli and cauliflower. The cauliflower did horribly and the bunnies ate my broccoli. This year we have Dash as our secret weapon.

A tomato plant. This year I planted 8. Hopefully they will come up okay. I have sungold cherry tomatoes, roma tomatoes and some oddly colored heirloom tomatoes. One is suppose to be purple. I also have 4 pepper plants too.

Here is my favorite...the STRAWBERRIES, courtesy of the previous owners.

A view of the front porch with newly planted petunias.

A view of our side yard.

We basically took everything out of this area and replanted. We went with prairie plants since this area gets sun all day. Two kinds of daisies, coneflower, dianthus, two different types of grasses and siberian irises. We left the day lilies that the previous owners planted.

My red planter with a mix of pretty flowers.

I am proud of it.

Well that is the yard and its flowers.