We've been under tornado watches and warnings as the lines of severe storms pelted downtown Chattanooga with golf-ball sized hail then moved through the Ocoee Gorge and quickly descended into Murphy. We put our sneakers back on, kept flashlights and cell phones nearby in case we needed to head down to the crawl space. The first line of storms hit downtown Murphy missing us. As we monitored the fire radio, we heard rescue units reporting tornado damage at Ingles (our grocery store), Doyles Restaurant, Brothers' Restaurant, a car crushed by fallen trees, and people trapped in their homes from the storm damage. A second severe storm passed along the same route only minutes later doing more damage to an already weakened area. Reports of storm and tornado damage are still coming in and we are in for storms all through the night until this front passes through.
Happy Summer Solstice! It was a beautiful start to this day. The typical mountain fog had settled in when I got up at 6:30 but burned off shortly after. I always go outside when I first get up, scan for wildlife, and walk around soaking in the morning peace and calm. Did about 20 minutes of stretchy yoga, showered and had a light breakfast of cream of buckwheat with ghee-fried peaches. I still felt a little full from eating Italian food with Janice last night. We go out at 4:30 and take our time eating and talking, have a glass of wine and Friday night is dessert night. Janice is doing better. It'll be a year in August since she lost Ernie. I left the breakfast dishes in the sink and headed to our Murphy Farmers Market. First stop was "Healing Ways" produce farmers for fresh Swiss chard, butter crunch lettuce, and a bunch of young summer squash and zucchini since all of mine are falling off the plants....
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