We had no idea we were about to get clobbered this week.  Allen came home late Sat. and had taken off Monday to catch up. The kids had washed the horses this wknd and you can see by the sky it was clouding up. We had run to the feed store and bookmobile early afternoon. On the way back it began to rain, which is generally a good thing out here. The boys were trying to corral the goats when we pulled in. It was all hands on deck for that and trying to convince the horses it was indeed time to come in. HOW they always know what time it is is beyond me but they were a tough sell two hrs before their dinner time.

We just got everyone in when this bizarre yellow cloud of something started to roll over the hill.  We were wondering what it could be when it hit – literally.  It was a huge ball of dust  that was as large as the horizon – which is saying a lot if you have ever seen this horizon.  It hit like a wall of dirt and we pulled our shirt collars up over our faces and headed for the general direction of the house getting pelted the whole way. 

Once inside the power was out and the rain hit. The trees were bent and it looked like it was raining mud.  It actually was raining mud for a minute or two while that big dust cloud was washed out of the sky.  The sky was such an odd color Allen ran to the nearest car to try to listen to the radio. That confirmed there was a tornado in the little town near us. Fortunately it was heading north and missed us. We were just seeing the edges. 

We spent the early evening hrs listening to the kids play all their new piano pieces for Allen until the power came back on and we could start a late dinner.  Tuesday morning we had good friends visit to watch us milk and get ideas for their upcoming goat purchase. Blogging time has been short all around but I had a couple fun things to share so am trying to sneak in a couple posts.