Saturday was still and warm, the last day of summer, perfect for sitting outside for lunch and the afternoon tea. Two of our children and families came down to share time with us. This is what I love, preparing food for family.
Liza, Mackenzie, Francesca and Hazel
Relaxing in the warmth of the evening the power fluctuated several times and went off all together. I always enjoy lighting the candles and having a quiet time.
The stormy winds sounded like a mini tornado, and then the rain began. We went out the back to see that everything was all right and to experience the storm. It wasn’t until the morning we discovered how damaging the storm had been. We were fortunate that only one street tree dropped a branch without any major damage.
Tree branch blocking our driveway.
Walking up the street a block we saw how a huge tree had fallen. Breaking a fence, falling across a parked car and blocked the road. There was also a cement electricity pole broken in half. Electricity wires were ripped from quite a few houses, so they will be without power for some time. We’re lucky as the power came on early this morning. So the beginning of Autumn came with a bang.
Next corner up.
If you look closely you can see the broken cement power pole and the tree down.
Autumnal crocus
Me time: What’s your ideal Saturday morning? Are you doing those things this morning? Why not? Michelle W. Daily prompt.
Barbara Pyett 
Beautiful people , that storm sounded rough so glad to hear that nobody was hurt .Kind regards Kathy.
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Thanks Kathy, I do love the excitement of a storm! 🙂
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I’m glad you and your family had a nice visit and weren’t hurt, and glad that two-year-old was sleeping.
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Thanks O.Babe on all three issues! 🙂
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It wouldn’t be summer in Australia without summer storms! But they are definitely things one would prefer to see on the tellie, rather than experience personally …
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This one was the loudest wind I’ve heard so far Pauline. We were so lucky not to have damage.
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We have the spring foliage of the colchicum coming up at the moment and I just transplanted some thinking – they’ll look great in the autumn. I’m glad you had your sunny family day and were not too much affected by the storm.
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I love to have bulbs, especially the colchicum, that were transplanted from Chris’s mum’s garden. I also have the baby cyclamen from her garden, all treasures! It’s wonderful having the four seasons with things to look forward to. Thanks Hilary, sounds like you have a lovely garden.
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Oh man, that means spring is on the way here! I just got used to winter (it’s still OK with me if it ends, though). I’m glad nothing fell on your house! We had eucalyptus trees all over San Diego and they are brittle in storms. I love them, though. They smell so good in the rain.
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February/ March are usually fairly settled months here, and very pleasant. Yes, the eucalyptus trees are lovely but may ask the council to prune one of our street trees, as if they fall they can make a huge mess. The smell is good! 🙂
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Dramatic photos. Thanks.
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A pleasure and thank you for your visit Ellen. 🙂
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This weather is unusual for us. Climate change? Northern Australia gets cyclones, but we usually get just moderate storms. It’s so strange, Yvonne, being able to communicate so swiftly with people on the other side of the planet, experiencing opposite extremes.
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Wasn’t it wild? We had our annual multicultural festival on Saturday so that also ended with a bang. Glad you escaped the worst of it.
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I hope it didn’t upset the festival H. What a strange storm it was ! Did you get trees uprooted too?
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I don’t think we got hit quite as hard as other areas. There hasn’t been too much in the local news about the impact. Luckily the storm came through fairly late in the day so I think most festivities at the Festa were unaffected.
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That was lucky! Such a beautiful day and evening before the storm. I think it hit about 9.30pm.
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Oh wow I hope nobody was hurt through that storm, we get these here in Vancouver every so often too, wind storms and rain and occasionally both at the same time, I see nature still found its way through it all eh? beautiful shot 🙂
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We were lucky, but we heard on the news of a sleeping 2 year old being killed by a falling tree.
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You were very fortunate to have the storm miss your home. It surely could have caused much more damage to the area than what actually happened. It is difficult to connect to the fact that your season is turning to Fall just as ours is roughly three weeks away from Spring. But you are somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,500 plus miles from Central Texas. You are the other end of the planet. 🙂
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