It is the third week of Spring over here in the southwest of Western Australia and we have only had one week of sunshine. Today the winds are whipping up, the rain is relentless and the forecast for tonight includes gusts of 100kms – mmm.
The animals get nervous when it’s like this and so do I!
Yesterday, some guys I’ve never met before arrived to chainsaw and clean up the debris of fallen wattle trees from the last storm. In a couple of hours they did what seemed to me to be an insurmountable task and they didn’t even charge very much. They said that if we had another storm, the remaining old trees at the back might fall over too because they are ant-ridden. There was no sign of today’s storm yesterday – weird!
I think Ming may have organized for them to come (he is very keen to be the man of the house!) but when I asked the main guy, he said, “God sent me!”
I wasn’t sure whether he was joking or serious so I just shook his hand – mmmm!
jmgoyder 
At least you got it done. That was a good idea.
Yes, one job done and a few hundred to go – sometimes I feel overwhelmed as Anthony used to do all of this!
Well, you have Ming to help. One day at a time.
God moves in mysterious ways 🙂 I need to do the same here in preparation for winter – can you send the chainsaw guys my way?
I’ll send you their card – haha!
In the west of RSA at the mo… need rain badly…
Wish I could send you some!
Soak a natural sponge in some rain water, put it in a jar, and mail it. lol
You’d get a shock if I really did that – very tempting!
🙂
Love the photos. 🙂 Those wind speeds sound horrific. I;m impressed at the speed with with your Workers got that job done. Over here, it would take a week.
It was extraordinary!
that is awesome, no matter who sent them, you are so thankful…………….
I wanted to hug them but I controlled myself!
if they were good looking, i may have!!!!! LOL, i am single, i am allowed, hehe
You are so funny – one was too old for you and the other guy was too young – alas!
always my luck!!!!!
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What a blessing! It must have been a God thing for them to show up just when you needed them. Send them on over. I need their services since I have about 13 trees that have died from the drought. 🙂
This unpredictable weather does my head in! I would send these wonderful guys over but I think it might be too far – ha!
We finally got a couple of drops of rain today… but only a couple. We desperately need some rain.
I wish I could send you ours!
So like my snow angels that showed a couple years ago. Two guys on a Catepillar snow plow, dug out my drive way of 3 plus feet of snow, created a path to the house stairs. No clue who they were, even a newspaper article publicly thanking them failed to surface who they were.
God? the universe?… though doubt it was Ming in my case… I was just thankful as I know you.are.
Its kind of wonderful to be so blessed once in awhile ~
Very definitely – what a lovely story about your snow plow angels!
dear Julie these are so lovely and so beautiful photographs, I loved them all, especially the first one. I am glad it has done. Thank you, have a nice weekend, love you, nia
Oh nia – terrible storm – gotta go – luvya!
oh dear yes, I can imagine… be in safe. Love, nia
Oh am so relieved as Ming just got home from milking cows!
I am glad to hear this too now… Love you, nia
Don’t you just love it when things like that happen! What lovely people 🙂
The animals are just beautiful 😀
mmmm – I have a ‘thing’ about wind after being through a few cyclones…
I know! Us too!
Love the photo of the swans in the water – you sure have interesting animals as pets 🙂
I wish they were swans – alas they’re just geese!
Great pictures! Seems to me you have a lot of drastic weather there! Recently we had winds at 100k too though…weird weather. Hope all the animals survived the storm!
Wind has just whipped up again but all okay so far!
God is such a thinker, isn’t God?
nice to have God on your side
Wow–those winds sound scary–do not blame you and the critters for being nervous!
Workmen from heaven works for me! Good luck with your weather.
As long as those people were not “Amish” gypsies that try to rob you, I think you’re OK! They take advantage of old people here, it’s scary.
It did seem a bit odd but worked out okay!
Wow! love that God sent him! What a blessing. Your Critters are SOOOoo cute. 🙂
Some stunning animals …. cute looking too. We have stormy weather too tonight – but not that bad as 100km/hr – God help. Whatever – if God had sent the guy or not .. he must have been a blessing .. *smile
Yes!
Ah ha! A mystery. Maybe a gift from a religious neighbour? or Anthony had a clear moment and called them up.( and has gone from royalty to the really big guy?)Yes,creatures do look worried. Batten down the hatches, find the candles and get out the board games. And be safe, all of you.i always find these times exciting and scary.
All okay now!
Today is our first day of Fall. Funny to think about our seasons being opposite. Stay safe in the storm!
Good samaritans?
ha!
Did you survive ok? Still got your electricity? You’re exactly right about the animals getting nervous when storms are coming. The strangest thing here is that the wild birds and critters just disappear. It was so strange after Hurricane Ike – there wasn’t a sound. Even the fish were gone. There wasn’t a cricket, a bird call – nothing, for about 2-3 weeks. Finally, the world started sorting itself out.
I hope all’s well. Spring storms can be big ones, here. I imagine it’s the same there.
The worst is over – amazingly we didn’t lose electricity!
It must take some getting use to the fact that Ants isn’t there to help you
I rang him to say I wasn’t coming in because of the storm and he wanted to come home and help – so awkward as he can’t help, he can hardly walk now.
In California the winds took out our fences and ripped the shingles and tar paper off our roofs. Here the wind, with the help of heavy rain, topples our trees and electrical wires. Nature can be a force to be reckoned with.
It is strange too, that we have so much wildlife all around us and can become deaf to their sounds and song. Yet, just let a storm front move in, and it is the silence that first alerts us to its pending arrival. The the chickens huddle in their covered run, and the wild birds are absolutely silent! (My geese are absolutely impervious to anything but giant hailstones falling from the sky! Only then will they run for cover under the trees.)
~ Lynda
Yes – it is such an odd silence isn’t it. Your geese are tough like mine!
Wow! That is really wonderful of them – no matter who sent them!
Thanks for the giggle!
Do you lose electricity in these storms? Is it always like that (the storms you’ve described) in Australia, or is this unusual? I know that a fierce storm can be frightening. I think of them as Nature’s way of “cleaning house.” Sometimes I’ll sit on my sofa, in my livingroom and pray as the winds dance on my roof – mean drumbeat. What I pray is “PLEASE DON’T HURT ME.” Living in a mobile home does not make me feel secure when there are bad storms!
Take care!
It keeps raining but stormy stuff has gone now (I hope!) Your situation sounds much worse in terms of vulnerability!