Storm and Taste of Peoria
Monday evening as I was at home just getting going painting. We had just finished dinner and everything was as it should be, we thought.
I noticed out the dining room slider that it was starting to rain and the wind was picking up. We all went to the living room and opened the blinds to look at the storm and could see that it was getting very bad. The wind was smashing down the trees all around the house, like a giant hand. When we saw a wall of wind coming our way we all went the basement. For about one minute we could hear the wind and see the rain pouring down out a small window. Then the power snapped off.
As fast as it came in it left - when we went outside, tree limbs and debris was everywhere . The storm had broken off trees that were a foot in diameter 30 feet in the air and one of those limbs from a neighbors house had ripped the weather head that provides our houses electricity completely off the house.
After we attached the weather head ( with help of a friend that is an electrician ) we waited for the electric provider to come by and reconnect us to the grid ( we were without power for 30 hours - two dark and really unproductive evenings as far as painting)
The good news is that the storm front that came through has brought some very nice weather to the area. we took advantage of that and went to the Taste of Peoria last evening with some friends Loren and Linda Wilmot (if you are art followers may be familiar with the latter name - as she is a very talented artist) . With the mild temperatures the crowds were heavy but the food was great , in our humble opinion the teriyaki chicken skewer was the best entree and the bananas foster was the dessert of choice.
I'll be working with my lovely assistant this evening to finish up some things for this weekends show.
Monday evening as I was at home just getting going painting. We had just finished dinner and everything was as it should be, we thought.
I noticed out the dining room slider that it was starting to rain and the wind was picking up. We all went to the living room and opened the blinds to look at the storm and could see that it was getting very bad. The wind was smashing down the trees all around the house, like a giant hand. When we saw a wall of wind coming our way we all went the basement. For about one minute we could hear the wind and see the rain pouring down out a small window. Then the power snapped off.
As fast as it came in it left - when we went outside, tree limbs and debris was everywhere . The storm had broken off trees that were a foot in diameter 30 feet in the air and one of those limbs from a neighbors house had ripped the weather head that provides our houses electricity completely off the house.
After we attached the weather head ( with help of a friend that is an electrician ) we waited for the electric provider to come by and reconnect us to the grid ( we were without power for 30 hours - two dark and really unproductive evenings as far as painting)
The good news is that the storm front that came through has brought some very nice weather to the area. we took advantage of that and went to the Taste of Peoria last evening with some friends Loren and Linda Wilmot (if you are art followers may be familiar with the latter name - as she is a very talented artist) . With the mild temperatures the crowds were heavy but the food was great , in our humble opinion the teriyaki chicken skewer was the best entree and the bananas foster was the dessert of choice.
I'll be working with my lovely assistant this evening to finish up some things for this weekends show.
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