Well, we pretty much took a direct hit.
Obliterated the fence. Although it was rather flimsy, so I'm not surprised.
Snapped the pine trees right off.
I could smell the intense scent of pine there was so much breakage in the area. It's now faded.
It stripped the pines of their needles and branches.
And now the woods seem battered and naked.
I had a favorite tree behind the mailbox.
He's not looking so good now, poor guy.
Happy to report my other fave made it okay though.
I really do like all the trees, but the above two I just mentioned happen to call to me a little louder than the rest :)
I've got absolutely nothing left blooming except this rogue Jatropha volunteer. The three big Jatrophas on the side of the house are so tortured looking, I couldn't even take a photo of them. They're going to need a lot of love...along with everything else.
We were extremely lucky. We made it through okay. And the house was hardly touched. Local damage is pretty severe. We didn't have power for a week afterwards. I'm still dehydrated even though we had plenty of water. We do have a small generator, but we didn't have gas to run it until three days afterwards and when we did get it going a fan just didn't make it in the 94 degree weather. This is our third hurricane and we thought we were prepared. Ha! Irma was a bad, bad thing.
I'm very happy to find that all of my regular bird and squirrel families that visit are accounted for and seem to be in good health! Be well! ☮
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I literally cried when I walked out to my garden the morning of the storm ~ what a mess! And boy did I ever feel sorry for myself! LOL Never mind people lost their homes . . . my garden! I felt bad later. And now after two weeks of HARD work, my garden is just fine.
Hopefully yours will be too. And how great that your wildlife faired so well.
Always glad to see a post from you!
eli
Hi eli!!! I'm so happy to hear from you! I miss seeing and reading about your happy garden!!! I'm glad it survived and of course, that you and your family did too :) I didn't have much going on anyway, but my little butterfly and herb garden and orchids all got blown away. I would love to see you blogging again! I'm thinking of taking my blog onto an herbal path as I find myself learning so much from herbs and it's so interesting. Hope to hear from you again!
Thanks for checking in with us. Yes, she looked very bad. The trees and flora will repair itself, just as it has always done. Glad you and your loved ones are okay. I'm sure you are counting your blessings. Hang in there. Each day gets a bit better.
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Hi Lynn! Much the same mess here. It kind of bruises your spirit when you wake to see your gardens so tortured, but like Eli said, so many lost so much more. We got power back the following Friday afternoon and like you, we ran out of gas for the generator. The worst part was NO water, as we have a well and our generator is not big enough to run the pump. Ugh! I'll never complain about my power bill again! Glad you and yours came through safe. _Janice
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