Let’s start with the apples. Wife took the kids to pick up apples at Aunt Marion’s house (sometimes the kids get confused and call her grandma aunt marion or even Maid Marion…lol). 
They filled three bags, barely making a dent in the supply. Aunt Marion filled two buckets with apples that were good enough for applesauce. Please notice the top of the tree broken and laying on the ground. Yup. She didn’t let me prune that tree. Maybe this winter…
Kids had a ball. Aunt Marion refuses to slow down. She was convinced my 7 year old son couldn’t lift the bucket of apples. Wife was convinced Aunt Marion couldn’t lift the bucket of apples…wheezing as she was. It was a hot morning but everybody worked hard. The pigs were pleased with the fruit of their labor.
Then…wait for it…..wait for it……IT RAINED!
It rained and rained and rained. Four and a half inches in 2 hours! The pond filled up and there were even puddles in the driveway! But nothing comes without a cost. It cost us our computer and our phones. Lightning struck the phone line outside of our home somewhere and our DSL modem sparked inside the house. Though the hardware checks out I can’t get the PC to boot. I’d say that’s a fair trade for a full pond. Oh, and the roof leaks! Isn’t it wonderful?!?!? Merry Christmas Mr. Potter!
Look for before/after pictures of the pond on another blog post if I can ever get my PC to boot up again…
Chism Heritage Farm 
Connie once told me a storey about balls of light coming out of the electrical sockets and rolling across the floor of their house. If look in that direction for the strike point.
So happy that it rained for you all!
It RAINED!!!! Computer and leaky roof notwithstanding, you do indeed have a wonderful life Mr. Potter. Wow, that is a lot of apple drops. And from the trunk in the picture, that is a BIG tree – do you know how old?
This is why houses in this neighborhood should have lightning rods. We got struck too – no rods. Nothing serious showing up – yet.
Phone company guy came here from Derel’s house. Said he’s been up and down this road all day. He brought us a new DSL modem. Now I just need to fix my PC…
Thanking God for your rain! Heard from Paul and Marsha that they had 4.5, too. Wonderful! Love the pic of the girls dancing in the rain. 🙂
Yup, I love that picture too.
Glad to hear you got rain. We’ve been getting just a bit every day the past week. Still behind overall, but it’s much greener than in June and early July. Yay…