Hail Storm!

A couple of pictures to share today.....We had a huge hail storm while I was at work. Paul was home and thought to get the camera and snap some pictures. Paul says the pictures do not do the after effects justice. We did not suffer any damage that we can tell. Below are a couple of pics of the hail. One picture is kinda special..... Paul gave me an Easter Lily last year and after it bloomed I planted it in the yard. Maybe it will come up, maybe it won't. Well....it came up and I have been nursing it along for weeks...staking it up, watering it, getting plenty of sunshine for it, etc. It bloomed THE DAY OF THE HAIL STORM. As soon as I got home from work I ran out to the yard and picked what was left of my beautiful Easter Lily! Still a pretty flower, but the hail broke it all up. I have it in a vase of water to enjoy the few days of color it will have left. The next pictures are of my Grandmother's cedar chest. I have loved this piece since, well forever, and am so fortunate to have it in our home. Many years ago, Mary or I may have accidentally laid a wet swimsuit on the chest and this left a horrid water mark. Twenty plus years later we could still see it. The years have been hard on the cedar chest and two of the legs crumbled and a hinge needed to be replaced. Kyle gave Paul an idea. For Christmas this past year Paul took the cedar chest to have it refinished and repaired. It is now BEAUTIFUL....beyond BEAUTIFUL. It holds the most respectful spot in our guest bedroom, the "Jane Room", where my Dear Jane, Don't Complain quilt dons the bed. Anyone who gets to visit me will have the priviledge of staying in our Jane Room. Doesn't that make your knees go weak??? Enjoy the pics... stay in touch. Love Pat