You are looking at the upperhalf of a tree in my yard. As you can see it hangs over the gutter.

It is very, very old, probably around 40 years old. It came up volunteer, has been cut back drastically 5 different times and is still living. Yes, it has knot holes where branches were lobbed offed and is shedding it's bark, but after last night, I believe it is a very strong tree.

Last night in my area, we have a thunderstorm to beat other thunderstorm"s. It came up very unexpectdly. 2 or 3 lightning flashes followed by the thunder, then -----------with gusts of winds which roared past the house and rain like I have in my whole life never seen. I looked out my picture window. It was raining so hard that it was running like a stream down the storm window glass. The storm lasted only about 10 minutes. I don't usually get upset by storms, but I was very uneasy with this one. I was raised in Tornado Alley. Never have I been in one, but I have heard the roar and the noise of objects being thrown around. That is what I heard last night. I believe there were tornadic winds above our area. As for the tree. No damage, but lawn was covered with leafs blown from the branches. Time to thank God for sparing us from a worse storm.

For now, I need to brave the Canadian, cold air and take some fall pictures and get a few groceries.

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