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on the 4th of July into the 100 + degree heat fell torrents of rain. Our cul-de-sac at times was hardly visible and the lightning and thunder show was spectacular.
The grill had been moved to the front in anticipation of the backyard being too hot as the east - shaded — side of our house is marginally cooler in the afternoon. This particular afternoon it did not matter. It was doing some serious raining.
The deck, that Patt and I had cleaned, arranged with newly planted flowers, (Patt), freshly put up umbrellas (Paul) was ready for a guest to at least venture onto prior to retreating back into our A/C'd house.
However, our elegantly appointed and furnished garage turned out to be the prime gathering place of our guests. The rain cooled the afternoon off considerably, the lightning and thunder show as previouisly mentioned was indeed special, and the wind and rain came part way into the garage pushing us back from the entrance further into the elegance of our car park.
We did have a grand time celebrating a host of events, among those being of course the 4th, Jeff's birthday, the return of Kelly, Beth, James, Maddie and Amanda and Paul to the US of A and recent spate of good news coming our way such as Big E's job, and of course the great news of new arrivals to our family.
Food was pretty special too.
(note the red white and blue)
Patt, the deck looks nice! And the 'car park' looked like a great place to storm watch. Hate we missed out on all the celebrating!
ReplyDeleteDespite the rain it sounds like y'all had a good time. I hate I missed it. And the deck really does look great!
ReplyDeleteAfter further inspection of the photos - Big E has all of you beat on the socks and sandals fashion statement. I bet that's what got him the job! :) Love you both!!
ReplyDeleteGrowing up, the brothers called me "Threads" because of my fashion acumen. Matter of a fact, I have on a pair right now and will certainly wear them to work.
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