Ok, enough is enough. Tornado sirens kept me in our basement Wednesday evening while Mark was in the basement at the PhotoMidwest meeting he was at. Given that my bother-in-law's house was at the epicenter of the Stoughton tornado and my sister's home got hit by Hurricane Irene, we take these storm warnings seriously.
We got 2.87" of rain overnight on Wednesday bringing the July total so far to a fraction under 9". More rain is forecast for today and tomorrow.
The moss and lichens are loving this weather but all my lovely tall lilies and Thalictrums took a dive from the storm.
I went out into the middle of this jumble later in the day on Thursday to retie the lilies to see if I could get them back to a vertical position.
Re-tied everything but I think it's only a temporary measure. Clearly I will need to get much taller stakes to keep them vertical as the flowers open, especially since it looks like we're not out of this weather pattern yet. But I did get some souvenirs to show for my efforts.
