It has been a worrisome time in Texas

when rain has been prayed for , longed for, and so appreciated,........... 

it has now turned into a hope and a prayer for the rains to stop. 

Memorial Day morning a severe rain storm thundered its way into our area. The lightening danced all over the grounds Although we got buckets of rain,  our property did not get flooded like so many in central and south Texas, but our roads can't handle heavy unending rain.  My son was heading home from work and like so many times never worries about going through a patch of water........until that morning. Before he knew it, his car died and water surrounded him. I am on the phone with him during this and as he gets out of his car for safety, he falls into the water and all I can hear on the phone is wind and garbled noise...........I was so frightened as I yelled to him over the phone with no response. My husband was (thankfully) home that day so he heads out to find our son.  Which he did.  And they both returned home safely. Later that afternoon, we drove down to see if we could "fish" the car out and all of the water had drained, leaving the car in a mushy swamp ditch. 

Have you ever seen the show Michael.......when all 3 journalists are sitting by the side of a road with a flat tire?.......if you have, you will know what I am talking about. 

Here we 3 are, my husband, my son, and myself..........without a soul in sight........looking at this sunken car............

when out of nowhere..........a man in a jeep pulls up and says " need a hand? I have a wench!"  

And in 5 minutes, he had my son's car out onto the road. LOL

Even better............the car started.............blowing debris, water, and mud from the tail pipe and my son drove it home ........as it poured out water all of the way.

He has been driving back and forth to work in it since.............one tough car........one lucky guy!

The next day , as I sat waiting for my husband to fuel up his never ending hungry truck,

I watched a gigantic storm brewing.............

movement caught my attention to see this very elderly woman walk up and sit right down in the dirt by the busy street...............taking off her jacket

........my heart saddened at watching her ........I wondered........

what storms must be brewing in her life...........where is her door to hang a wreath on? 

I turned at a noise behind me...........seeing loud happy teens in a hurry........

when I looked back at where she was.........

she was gone.  I scanned up and down the street and could not spot her.

That night, I thought about her and said a little prayer for God to walk beside her........

wherever she may be.  

Although I have not tilled the gardens due to soggy soil..........

the wildflowers are still blooming, the paradise tree is brilliant in color

and the flower beds are full of colorful Larkspur that I planted last early fall. 

And then there is .......Taboo 

who is growing more and more every day and becoming more dear to my heart each moment. 

How about you?

Are you facing severe weather and storms in your area?

or are you facing even bigger storms in your life?

I hope this finds you..........wherever you are........

in peace and safe.

The sky turned dark and I could hear a terrible rumbling of thunder...........

another day of rain out of the many days we had already had.........

but as you know........rain here is cherished......

so I didn't worry about the dark that came over the house........and settled in for a long day of stitching........

until friends started texting and calling.......as well as my husband..........who was at work.........

asking if everything  was okay............

little did I know that this is what everyone else was seeing........

just east of where we live..........but way too close.........I had no idea!.......... Thankfully, it had a lot of bare land.........to land in......and no damage was done.

I am not located in East Texas or  close to Dallas where the terrible flooding and tornadoes did their damage.........my heart and prayers go out to everyone who does live there,......

.however, the areas surrounding our home got their share of an overload of rain.

This is on the side of the highway heading to Lubbock.............there is a cotton field out there somewhere.

This is the highway.........and it was scary driving through the water..........

and then seeing this between the highway lanes.  It wasn't long after this, that the highway was closed and we were detoured around it all. 

We are due to another few days of rain.  The grounds here are still muddy........but covered in 

acre

after acre of wildflowers.  I literally have a wildflower farm at this moment

and I didn't plant any of them.

Gertrude is standing deep in wildflowers and has still managed to hang onto her dress and her hat through all of the wind and rain. .

Inside............baby Taboo is still keeping everyone in the house entertained. 

So how are all of you ......dear readers?

Have you been hit by the storms?

Here's hoping that all of you are safe and out of harms way.