The end of July.....

I can not believe that it is the end of July already. This has been the "un-summer" here in the Northeast...we have had tons of rain and cooler than average temps. My husband and kids are all in Europe at the moment...they will be home on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. I am very happy. It had been all too quiet here lately. They missed my birthday on Friday and our 28th wedding anniversary on Sunday...we will celebrate all of it when they return.

Last night we had a fierce storm...thunder and lightning and hail....huge big hail...some the size of quarters...
There are leaves everywhere...it looks like a war zone outside at the moment. I have never seen anything quite like this. Imagine pouring rain....but this was pouring hail! On July 26th!
This was a spot on my front lawn...I could have shoveled it...
I actually got scared and ran into my basement...the power went out...the phones went out...and in about 15 minutes it was over and the sun came out....it was wild!
These were huge...about the size of quarters(US!)

I just realized that I have only posted once in July....it has been a really busy month...