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Saturday Afternoon Ramblings

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Once I got to the farm yesterday, I saw these trees fallen across the springhouse.  The biggest one was at least 75 feet tall and when it fell, it took at least two others with it.  The roof of the building is destroyed, but I couldn’t get close enough to see if the walls were damaged.  They didn’t seem to be, but the trees were so big, I couldn’t see much of the building.  While this is disappointing, it isn’t too much of a setback for the farm because we weren’t planning to use the springhouse for a couple of years, at least.  It’ll take a lot of work to clear those trees, but there’s no huge rush to do it.  All things considered, that’s not too much damage considering the severity of the storms.

We’re taking this weekend off from the farm to work around the house and go to my niece’s 10th birthday party.  I’ve already gotten most of the mowing done, but there’s still a lot of weed-eating to finish, and I’ve got a mountain of grading to do.

Once I make it through finals, hopefully I can write more, but for now, I’m just trying to get through the next week.

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Friday Morning Ramblings

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After the storms on Wednesday, I’m grateful that all we lost was one tree.  I haven’t been out to the farm to assess the property there, but no major cells went over that area, so I’m not too worried about the building.  All in all, we were very fortunate.  One of my colleagues at the college lost her husband and she has been in ICU.  Her house was completely destroyed by the F-2 tornado that struck Greene County. Her daughter, future son-in-law, and two grandchildren live with her, and thankfully, they are okay.  All I can say is that Wednesday night was a terrifying experience, and I hope we don’t have another one like it any time soon.

The college is accepting donations for the family.  They need clothes and baby items, especially.  Here is the list of sizes the college has forwarded: Susie (large possibly sweat suits or gowns since Susie will probably have to go through extensive rehabilitation for her leg injury),  Sheena (Susie’s daughter)- XL  16-18 clothes  shoe size 9,  Brian (son-in-law) large possibly sweat suits,  3 toddler size boy , and 6-0 month size girl.  I’m sure diapers and other bay stuff would be welcome, too.

If you can donate anything, just drop by any WSCC campus and tell them you have items for Susie and her family.

In less somber news, the semester is almost over.  All that’s left is Finals Week and a furious round of grading to get grades posted by the deadline on Friday.  The last two weeks of any semester are the most difficult, especially for Comp teacher because of the time crunch for reading and grading essays.  All in all, however, I’ll take this round of grading over what the alternatives could’ve been Wednesday night.  Overall, I have nothing to complain about.

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Sunday Night Ramblings

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The people finally came back to pick up the rest of the molds, so we now have a lot more free space inside.  We also made more progress on the perimeter, clearing out the remaining roots and vines and reshaping the ground behind the building to stop the flooding.  We also got a little more of the front wall repaired, so things are beginning to shape up.  Overall, I’m happy with our progress so far.  Considering all of the rough weather, I feel like we’re doing very well so far.

As soon as we get things looking a little better, I’ll post some new pics.  Right now, there are messes everywhere because of all the repairs, so I don’t feel comfortable sharing pics of it.  As for now, I’m heading to bed for some much needed rest.