Hurricane Ike

We got home on Tuesday, September 16 and found our home intact. I will send pictures later of what our yard looks like. We lost one branch in our front yard. Thank God we had trimmed that tree considerably...it fell on a cactus we needed to get rid of anyway!

The backyard is a mess. We lost a tree that was in a corner...it fell over the elephant ears we had growing right in front of it. It narrowly missed another tree in front of it, which if it had brought it along, would have landed on our sunroom or maybe the kitchen. We lost the entire back yard fence...pulled right out along with the concrete that was poured to hold the main posts. Wow. The side fence that separates the next door neighbor fell. The other neighbor's fence (separating our houses) was okay.

We had some leakage in our sunroom. Our ficus plant, which we planted when we first moved into this house, was uprooted -- laying across the length of the sunroom. Guy thinks we can replant since some of the roots were still attached. But this is the weird thing: I had a small statue of St. Francis of Assisi, about 15 inches high, standing a top of a slab of tile (to keep it straight). In his hands he holds 2 small doves, which DO NOT EVER stay in place. I have to keep propping them into his hands. Right behind him is a pretty cross -- one that's supposed to go in gardens (I bought it at Hobby Lobby.) I think Elda gave me St. Francis. Anyway, here's the kicker: Ficus is down by the roots. St. Francis is left standing, hold doves, with cross still intact! Is that not unbelievable?

Reminds me also of when Hurricane Rita hit our home in Lake Charles, too. Took out all of our back yard fence but kept the side fence, with a large cross stuck to the fence, intact. Wow.

More news to follow I guess. Love ya'll.