Storm Missing Us

A huge storm just skirted us.  Lightning has flashed all around.  I was afraid my little boy, falling asleep too late, would be too jazzed to crash.  But he hardly noticed.  A look at the radar map shows it passed within a couple of miles.

We haven't had a solid downpour in a couple of days.  It seems odd at this point.  If we don't get the next wave of storms I may have to water the garden.

The garden has produced lately.  In the past few days we have picked zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, leeks, beans, carrots, lettuce and onions (our crop of two).  We will have pumpkins to pick at some point and (maybe) melons.  They have gotten plenty of water.

The wind kicked in with the storm approaching.  It knocked a photo off the wall.  That did disturb the repose of my lad, but he was soothed with a simple "it was just a picture falling off the wall."  "Oh," he said, and turned over.

These storms always seem to come with a warning of hail.  We haven't seen much of that, thank goodness.  It might take out the popcorn, which seems to be doing well, despite the failure of our sweet corn crop.  Lightning I don't mind.  Hail could mean we have to buy more food. 

Another storm approaches.  Maybe it will water the veggies for me.