I was too excited taking pictures of Dorothy to notice the fierce storm taking shape to our west. In a few minutes time, we were all hunkered down in our storm shelter, aka, the Laundry Room, as tornados touched down about a kilometer from our house. I didn't have enough time to bring in all my pots, which were happily drying in the sun. One didn't make it...
But in the end, the sun came back, and a rainbow, too!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Nice and as luck would have it, I am about to add the same one with the same secret! LOL. I also got a nice cross craft present from my neighbour, who is very artistic, I will post it with the dorothea later today...you may like it, I love it, lots of symbolism.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome is that, I just tweeted about "Dot" who has been changing leaves for a couple of weeks now to reveal two new bodies (and we're in different hemispheres). I'll try to post a photo of her soon too. Wow, your storms sound hectic, good to know you have the radar. Lovely double rainbow too. Sad about the one pot that didnt make it, it's only the one though. :)
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ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see it!
Lithopsland,
ReplyDeleteGlad you're getting new leaf growth,too! Interesting that it's happening in both hemispheres, though my Lithops are on at least 3 different growth schedules. Yes, we get very hectic storms here in summer! The remains of the clay pot were actually pretty funny, since it was only the one...!
Oh wow, I confess, I missed the storm thing - seems (except for the tornado's, thank goodness) like you have our highveld type storms, nothing till 3pm - then all hell breaks loose and by 4 or 5, you can sit in the garden again and light a fire, beautiful evening to follow! Weird! Glad you are ok! LT
ReplyDeleteYour storms sound pretty much the same as our summer storms! We've got more incoming today, but no tornadoes, so I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteWow... that's really bizarre. So is that little smudge just the bit of soil you always find underneath a pot... and the rest was sucked up into the ether and could now be part of the rings of Saturn?? Is it true that houses/ greenhouses sort of explode from the pressure difference, hence you have to leave the windows open? I have pictures of household appliances, furniture and people clinging to umbrellas being sucked out through the windows. 8-0
ReplyDeleteHi, Paddarotti!
ReplyDeleteIt was actually unfired greenware, I put unfired pots in the sun for a few days to make sure they are bone dry before the go into the kiln. During the storm, we got about 5cm of rain in about 10 minutes! So the pot just returned to what it was before...mud! I like the thought that's it's winging around Saturn, though, that's much nicer than mud flowing around my yard!
Ah...okay. I understand now. I thought the whole pot, with plant soil & all got sucked up and carried away. Luckily not :)
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ReplyDeleteI remember the tornadoes in Florida. When I was a child we lived near the Indian River. Waterspouts and tornadoes were not uncommon and there seemed to be a rainstorm every afternoon that came from the west. I recall the pressure changes Paddoratti refers to. No cellars to retreat to in Florida. I'm glad you are OK. Gail
Yes, Gail, that's exactly what we get, and no cellars, because our water table is...at the surface! I love waterspouts, I've read that some scientists want to think of them as "micro-hurricanes"- cool!
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