Crazy May Weather

This is one for the record books, I am sure!  We have had more rain in one day in May than we have had all year so far!  And the last few days it has been crazy with hail, then a touch of blue and the sun peaks out, then the sky turns black and we have the heaviest rain and even more hail.

I was driving down the road on Wednesday morning and all of a sudden there was all this white stuff on the side of the road, I thought it was foam from someone washing a  car, or from an oil spill and then heavy rain!  However as I turned the corner the whole road was covered in white and I realized it was all from hail.  OMG!!  This is May, what is going on?  This picture was taken on Thursday and I was over at Dina's house (my old house!) and I popped outside to grab a picture of all that white stuff in the flower bed!  YES, that is a Moose in the front flower bed!!  A donation from Papa Bill's yard.  I think maybe he is trying to 'clean' house and get rid of 'stuff', so he gives it to family members.  We love getting things like this from him!  I was the lucky recipient to get another "Madonna" carving (the first one I received years ago stayed at the old house!) and this new one is currently sitting in front of our garage because we haven't landscaped our yard yet!

Does it look like "Madonna with Child"?  I must admit to some of us thinking it was "ET" because it was back in those days that we received our first carving!  But we treasure it and even more so knowing that it is meant to be Madonna with Child!

This sculpture does not have a permanent home yet, either.  But it is going to sit in front of our house.  It is called "Stump Art" and yes we did pay money for this!  A person in Aurora does fabulous work with stumps and logs that are sometimes flowing down the river and he is able to snag them.  He designs whatever the wood is calling him to produce.  Depending on whether you see the front or the back, it could be several different things to the eyes.  One thought it was a buffalo, myself, I see more like a dog, coyote type creature.  This piece of art grabbed Scott by the collar and wouldn't let him leave until he purchased it!!  So when we get it in it's permanent place, I will take another picture because I think with rocks and plantings around it, it will look fabulous!