Umbrella on Roof

I finally had something to blog about and in the "excitement of the moment" I forgot to take a picture. That's what happens when you have true thrills interrupt the dullness. You freeze in your tracks!

So I was taking an Imitrex 'cause I had another headache and as I looked out the kitchen window I noticed our 9-ft. umbrella kind of puffing up and down in the wind. I swallowed the pill thinking I had time before lowering the umbrella.

Wrong again, Jomama! The opened bumbershoot lifted straight up as if a giant had yanked it out of the table, flipped over and landed on the roof. I thought it had blown clean over. But the stem of the umbrella banged down on the roof and the umbrella itself was caught on the fascia boards on the roof.

Now, see, this is when I should have flicked a pic, but no...I just ran out there screaming like a little girl. I climbed on a bench and dragged the umbrella out of the gutter and the pole rattled down the roof and landed at my feet. It was scary and quite a fete of courage. I'm only 5' and not known for my grace. (I know you didn't know that.)

It would have made a grand picture. The umbrella is brightly colored and quite large. Just picture it in your head. If I knew how to use that drawing feature on the computer, I'd draw you a picture. But...I have no clue.

Later that  night we had another dust storm. (Haboobette= small haboob) I took the camera out this time but we live in the center of civilization. All I saw was houses and dusty, brown skies. Shoot! I hate when I miss every good photo opportunity.

There was a dandy shot of over 100 wild horses running through the Gila River Indian Reservation, but I can't find the video online and probably wouldn't know how to upload it anyway.

We all rely too much on pictures, I believe. Use your imagination and just visualize these events in your mind's eye. Picture the excitement. Who said a picture is worth a thousand words anyway?

Addendum: I wanted you to see this. Only in Idaho which I love--

                           Toilet paper rolls clog section of N. Idaho river
.by Associated Press
KTVB.COM
Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:12 AM

LEWISTON, Idaho -- A section of a northern Idaho river remains clogged with huge rolls of unprocessed toilet paper after a semi-trailer accident last week.

State police say a Freightliner truck hauling the paper along U.S. Highway 12 on Friday slid into the Lochsa River. Lt. Allen Oswald says the fragile nature of the soaked toilet paper has made it difficult to remove from the river.

The Lewiston Tribune reports a towing company in nearby Kooskia is in charge of the cleanup efforts, which continued this week.

The 24-year-old driver of the semi-trailer was treated and released at a nearby hospital after the accident last week. Police say Mahmoud Salameh of Fort Worth, Texas, was ticketed for inattentive driving and failing to purchase a permit to haul the 53-foot trailer along the highway.

Maybe you have to be from Idaho to think it funny. (Or maybe you just have to be slightly warped, as I am.)