The storms keep coming

City street tree taken over with the wind.  Just one of many.  One fell on a car as it was traveling just a block from here.

The neighbor's Catalpa narrowly missed her car and went in the opposite direction of three houses.  Everyone was grateful for that.

Years ago her sons were trimming off a broken limb with inadequate tools.  The chain saw was out of commission for this rescue operation but we made do.  The hockey stick replaced the baseball bat used last time.

Milwaukee has been under a dark rain cloud for nearly a week.  I haven't been in my garden for a whole week and found four inches of rain accumulated in my rain gauge.  I found peas ripe and lettuce ready for the picking.  
We had straight line winds that ripped through the neighborhood.  It was all over in less than a minute for the worst of the damage.  I had just finished unloading groceries and happened to be in the basement when it all let loose.  I came upstairs to find my husband looking out at the ruins of my neighbor's tree.  It has been a favorite of her family and many others who walk by.  It is a tree with character.  It will be missed.

A very sad moment between friends.