What a surprise we had on Sunday evening!
On Sunday after church we made a quick trip to Spokane to pick up my new prescription eye glasses. When we got home closer to the evening I received a text on my phone from Steven’s County informing us of a major Thunderstorm coming through our area. Pretty quick after the notice the rain started to fall. We saw lightning and then we heard the thunder and knew those strikes were very close by.
The rivers of rain starting coming off the roof. We had talked about putting the summer furniture away and taking down the shade cloth the day before but put it off, oops.
A gust of wind blew through and lifted the bar that holds the cloth up. We were fortunate the bar didn’t go flying into our patio doors. Down came one end of the cloth and the chair and a decorative lantern.
This was one of the stronger storms we’ve experienced since moving here. The power only went out for a few seconds which is very fortunate. The lightning and thunder continued through the evening hours even after the rain died down here. That was an exciting Sunday evening at our country bungalow.
My plans to mow our acreage on Monday have been changed to later in the week.
On Monday (Labor Day) we put away all the patio furniture and took down the shade cloth and cover on the gazebo. Everything is stored for next summer.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
That’s a wonderful place you live in ! Serene and peaceful 👍🏻🤝💐
Wow! That came suddenly. We used to have similar storms when we lived in SW France, and we reckoned we had 20 minutes to get everything under cover!
Hello,
That was some storm. We could use some rain here, it is too dry. Take care, have a great day!
Wow! What a storm!! Glad y’all are ok.
…too much of a good thing!
That was quite a downpour you had. I’m happy everything was okay.
Great excitement in your corner. Well done on packing away your summer things. I expect you’ll have a heatwave now!
Wow that was some storm!!!
Ooof!! Glad you had no damage — rain is so needed in our area, but perhaps not that much at once ))
Wow, when fall comes to your neck o’ the woods, it’s not kidding around!
Please send that heavy rain on to us here in north central Texas! We would be dancing in it!
This was more of a storm than I realized! Kind of fun and awsome to witness if there is no major damage. Thankful for that.