Let's hope that I will not be running from storms tomorrow! This weather! We just made it through the coldest temperatures in decades here in North Carolina. Now we have this big warm up coming. Could possibly reach 70 degrees tomorrow. But with the big warm up comes the prediction of one to two inches of rain, high winds, and a chance of a tornado.
There are special places I hide out during a storm...The local hospital waiting room, the Goodwill store, and the Safe Space thrift store. Once I sought shelter in the Dollar General store. The sky was black, lightening streaking, thunder popping and rumbling through the sky, rain was blowing in sheets. I jumped from my car and dashed into the store. Several shoppers looked up, wondering if I had been struck! Just as I got inside the Dollar General, both front doors blew wide open from a gust of wind, strewing colorful plastic across the parking lot. Stacks of wading pools and trash cans slid with gusto across the lot and out of sight! One young clerk threatened to quit when the manager yelled, "we need to catch this stuff". Had I caused all this???
Many times in earlier posts I talked about storms. I am seriously afraid of storms. My Mother was seriously afraid of storms. Mama kept a little overnight bag packed and when it thundered, well she was out of the house and into the car. If you didn't want to run, fine, but the storm was over her house and she was leaving! Oh mama, what a trait to inherit. That's okay, I love you and miss you every day!
Most of the pictures of mama posted on my blog were taken when she was young. She was much older in this one...
Mama was spending a week with Poppy and me. I remember saying to her, "you look so pretty sitting there mama, let me take your picture".
Back when Lynn and Andee were small we lived in Smyrna, Tennessee. Stationed at Sewart Air Force Base. We lived on base in a mobile home park. Late one afternoon the sky turned a deep bluish purple color. Thunder could be heard rumbling in the distance. The living room started getting dark so I turned on the lamps. Before I knew it the storm was upon us. Trying to be brave, I took Andee and Lynn, the coloring books and crayons, and got on the bed in the back bedroom. Coloring was the farthest thing from my mind. Suddenly, lightening hit something nearby. I peeped up the hallway and could see flames through the kitchen curtains. No, it was not our place that was burning, but lightening had hit the telephone pole at the end of our mobile home. Somehow a car parked near the pole was on fire...the tires on the car were burning. In a panic I grabbed Andee in my arms and got Lynn by the hand. We ran out the back door, through the storm, to the nearest neighbor's place. This was a pretty stupid thing to do as there were live wires laying on the ground. Sometimes you are safer to hunker down and just stay put. I have a hard time believing this when a storm is brewing.
Lynn and Andee playing with a friend in that same old mobile home in Tennessee in 1965...
Lynn and our lovely yellow Cadillac...
Andee in her unusual crib. Made of wood and screen wire. Wish I had kept it...
Okay, I have gone on long enough. Thank you for visiting.
Love,
Henny Penny
There are special places I hide out during a storm...The local hospital waiting room, the Goodwill store, and the Safe Space thrift store. Once I sought shelter in the Dollar General store. The sky was black, lightening streaking, thunder popping and rumbling through the sky, rain was blowing in sheets. I jumped from my car and dashed into the store. Several shoppers looked up, wondering if I had been struck! Just as I got inside the Dollar General, both front doors blew wide open from a gust of wind, strewing colorful plastic across the parking lot. Stacks of wading pools and trash cans slid with gusto across the lot and out of sight! One young clerk threatened to quit when the manager yelled, "we need to catch this stuff". Had I caused all this???
Many times in earlier posts I talked about storms. I am seriously afraid of storms. My Mother was seriously afraid of storms. Mama kept a little overnight bag packed and when it thundered, well she was out of the house and into the car. If you didn't want to run, fine, but the storm was over her house and she was leaving! Oh mama, what a trait to inherit. That's okay, I love you and miss you every day!
Most of the pictures of mama posted on my blog were taken when she was young. She was much older in this one...
Mama was spending a week with Poppy and me. I remember saying to her, "you look so pretty sitting there mama, let me take your picture".
Back when Lynn and Andee were small we lived in Smyrna, Tennessee. Stationed at Sewart Air Force Base. We lived on base in a mobile home park. Late one afternoon the sky turned a deep bluish purple color. Thunder could be heard rumbling in the distance. The living room started getting dark so I turned on the lamps. Before I knew it the storm was upon us. Trying to be brave, I took Andee and Lynn, the coloring books and crayons, and got on the bed in the back bedroom. Coloring was the farthest thing from my mind. Suddenly, lightening hit something nearby. I peeped up the hallway and could see flames through the kitchen curtains. No, it was not our place that was burning, but lightening had hit the telephone pole at the end of our mobile home. Somehow a car parked near the pole was on fire...the tires on the car were burning. In a panic I grabbed Andee in my arms and got Lynn by the hand. We ran out the back door, through the storm, to the nearest neighbor's place. This was a pretty stupid thing to do as there were live wires laying on the ground. Sometimes you are safer to hunker down and just stay put. I have a hard time believing this when a storm is brewing.
Lynn and Andee playing with a friend in that same old mobile home in Tennessee in 1965...
Lynn and our lovely yellow Cadillac...
Andee in her unusual crib. Made of wood and screen wire. Wish I had kept it...
Okay, I have gone on long enough. Thank you for visiting.
Love,
Henny Penny
