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Friday, June 12, 2015
Dylan Finds a Praying Mantis
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Summertime
Summertime
Wow-summer is off and “running”, in a manner of speaking.
At least it’s trying.
For the first time since moving here, Steve will have Friday
nights off for the summer. With that in
mind, our friends and the two of us decided that since they also had the
evening off-we’d pack a picnic and we’d go enjoy the “make-up” outdoor concert
at the park.
That was the plan.
Linda had the fruit salad, I bought the chips and would bring the water
bottles and then we’d stop at the Subway across the street from the park and
get sandwiches.
Again, that was the plan.
Then came the gray skies, followed by drizzle. On Twitter the city said that as long as it
was just a drizzle the show would go on.
It did NOT stop at a drizzle. Linda and I agreed to give it until 5-if the
rain got harder or a full-blown monsoon developed then we’d still get together
but have our picnic indoors.
At the first KA-BOOM and lightning bolt-we took to the
indoor picnic idea.
Got to their home and while the women set the table up, the guys
got the subs. We laughed and enjoyed
watching the rain come down harder and harder, the thunder get louder and
louder and the lightning light up the wash.
After we cleaned up we went out on the patio under the cover
and joked about going in the pool-it was 90 degrees, so what harm could getting
wet do?
Then came a bolt of lightning that seemed to hit just a few
feet away from the wrought iron fence.
Followed by the loudest thunder we had heard all day.
We kept on chatting and watching and joking. Their 3 dogs ran for their kennel inside.
About 20 minutes later the rain was now coming down in
torrents, the thunder was clapping the loudest any of us could remember and
then came the lightning bolt that hit the iron fence and let out sparks!
You have probably never witnessed 4 older people run in a
house faster than we did!
Our outdoor picnic was replaced by eating indoors and making
fun of Taken 3. We had a good time.
We went home around 10 and found our fur babies showing
signs of anxiety. Pepper was running
around the house as low to the ground as a cat could possibly manage. Lucky was shaking and doing that reverse
sneezing thing that Chihuahuas do.
I asked the HOA if there would be a 3rd try at
doing a make-up concert? They said no,
that from this point on they were focusing on the July 4th
celebration.
If it doesn’t rain.
