I woke early Friday morning to a COLD start to the day. The forecast was for sunshine and warmer weather with storms in the evening.
As the day progressed the sun came out, the wind shifted to the south and the temperature climbed. So much that I took my phone, something to drink, called our dog and spent an hour on the back porch. I did not need a coat. Robin gets nervous when it rains. I wanted her to have some quiet time before the storms came.
The sky was clouding when I came inside. When I talked to our middle daughter during the day, she mentioned that my voice sounded tense. I didn’t know why. Approaching storm, body parts protesting?
After supper I turned my phone off and went upstairs. I don’t get a lot of phone calls and my family is aware that I turn my phone off early. If it something important they call the house phone.
By 7PM my plans changed. I changed the channel on the tv to ignore another commercial for the coming election. Instead of another program I found a weather broadcast. It had a full screen devoted to colors showing the approaching storm. Not much time passed before I was going back downstairs for my phone. I had planned to watch a PBS special but that changed. I decided to tape it.
I was happy I made that decision. I’m not concerned with storms at our home but I worry about our children and our camper. In June of 2015, the area where we camp was hit by FOUR tornados. We lost our motor home and nine trees. A few recent storms have taken down more trees because of ice and snow. We had a shady lot many years ago, time has passed and it is VERY SUNNY now.
I hadn’t been upstairs long before I learned that tornado sirens were sounding at the campground. We don’t close down for the winter and the campground is available to all the owners. Many people were there taking advantage of the warm weather. Strong winds came through — reports of 65-90 MPH wind. Thankfully no one was hurt. Many trees are down and some trailers and sheds have been destroyed. I was happy to learn that my area was safe. When the storms passed the areas that my family and friends live in, I was able to relax.
This morning friends confirmed that I didn’t get any damage. It has been determined that the campground was hit by a tornado. I watched the program I recorded. The woman honored is a multi media artist –painter and musician. I realized that I am a multi media artist — photographer, writer and artist.
Sadly more storms are in the forecast for next week. I’ll make sure I have my phone, turned on and upstairs.
Wandering With Spirit 
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