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We had a very busy week in Carbondale. It was totally devestated. Not like a tornado that jumps from house to house. This 100 mile an hour wind took out trees on almost every house. Some of them were about 10 feet around and at least 75 feet tall. Very old trees. The ground was so soft from all the rain that they just pulled out of the ground and landed on whatever was in their way. Our Disaster teams left this week, but the Methodists were coming in behind us, so it should all be cleaned up in a few more weeks. We were very thankful that we had some young people to help us. We old folks can't handle some of the big stuff. I've lost my digital camera, so I didn't get to take any pics, but one of the ladies did and will be sending me a CD soon.
Now, it's back to gardening at home. The strawberries are huge and loaded. Sheri has already baked two strawberry pies and I made strawberry shortcake yesterday. Today its Jam.....