Home again!

Greetings from Chattanooga!

It rained and thundered during the night in Shreveport. We left this morning in the rain, expecting to be in rain all day today and tomorrow. We had planned to stop in Tuscaloosa tonight. But, we drove out of the rain in midmorning (by the Mississippi River and Vicksburg).

It was not even 3 CDT when we got to Tuscaloosa, so we decided to head for home. Not only was it too early to stop, but we figured the rain would've caught up with us overnight. We got here about 7 EDT - about a 10 hour day. It was all interstate, though, and not too bad. And the rain is predicted to come upon us tonight.

I've already started the wash, and gotten most of the stuff put away. Our yard was covered with twigs and leaves, and 3-4 of our big trees look severely damaged. John's afraid our crepe myrtle is dead. The neighbors said that everything had leafed out, and then we had two nights and a day of temperatures in the 20s. I guess time will tell about any permanent damage.

Don't stop reading just because we're home for a while. And I'll try to keep writing. Today's picture is a painting I did earlier this year, acrylic on canvas (@30x24").