Mark, Bob, Mom and Dad standing at the end of our driveway.

Admiring nature's beauty

On a more recent note, we did have some very severe weather this past Monday night in Cross Plains. An F-1 tornado has been officially recognized as the culprit to several uprooted trees and roof and house damage to area residences living in the village of Cross Plains. This happened in the early evening on Monday and, indeed, I can honestly say that I was pretty much unaware of the events until I heard the emergency alarm on the TV and after I received a phone call from my brother John. The damage of this particular storm (there were several tornados in southern Wisconsin that night, the worst being in the small town of Eagle), was about 3 miles from our house! Indeed, the only thing I noticed as being amiss was one single, heavy lawnchair overturned on our deck. The other three were fine, but one was flipped completely over.

These pictures were actually taken
after the local tornado--which wasn't officially confirmed at that point as being such or wouldn't have been standing outside with my camera. It was very calm,
extremely humid (you can see the moisture on my lens), and really intimidating watching this powerful storm move from where you live onto where other people are living there lives...waiting...watching....
2 comments:
Laurie:
What a beautiful and meaningful picture filled blog entry! How cool are all your family, nature and party pictures! Thank-you for capturing these moments and publishing for all to see. Thank-you as well to all the Bragg & Houzner family members who were able to attend John's graduation party. It was a night I will remember always!
P.S.-Your picture board of John from infant to now was so neat! Thank-you again for taking the time to do this. A memory forever.
Love
Jim(better half)Houzner:)
That picture of Leila eating watermelon just became my new desktop image! Great pics as always. Thanks again for letting us stay with you that weekend.
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