Monday night we received notices on our phones that we were under a tornado warning. It was about 9:00. We grabbed the dogs, a couple chairs, the flashlight, and closed the door to the pantry (our storm shelter). Thankfully the tornado pooped out west of us. This is the third tornado that's been in our area since spring! NO one was hurt with this storm but lots of trees down and roof damage. Although we got a only a little over half an inch of rain, we are thankful for every bit of it. We are expecting more storms tonight and tomorrow. Our drought continues, so any rain we get, we're thankful for.
With the cooler temperatures, we're seeing lots and lots of deer. Bow season has started and regular hunting begins Nov 1st. As much as I love the deer, we could use some harvesting to keep the population healthy.
Surprisingly the post oak trees have produced acorns this year. This is the first time since we bought the place that they've produced. They are rascals to grow but I'd like to have some success. We lost quite a few trees from drought and construction.
Beginning to collect stuff for the holiday baking and meals. Peg also plans to run up to Dallas to pick up items we just can't get here. I suppose we could go to Austin to find what we are missing, but Dallas is "known" territory and there is no anxiety finding anything we need (we won't get lost).
