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Eliza Waters 
Wowa! Strange weather, right?! We had a thunderstorm yesterday! Thanks for the tips on the smoothie ~ I’ll take note of the suggestion to add banana and carrot đ
Thanks, Christy. Hope it helps make them more tasty. I really love my morning smoothie! â¤
I thought of you this morning with your smoothie! Yes, I’ll have to get on that!!
Haha, I thought of you this morning, too! Wondering if you were enjoying a banana-enhanced green smoothie. đ Fresh or frozen mango is super-delicious, too.
Oh, yikes! Not a good way to get water! It was on the news, here (south of Boston), about the storms & I immediately thought of you! Hope your plants are OK!
The broad-leaved plants like hosta have holes and tears, but the other things look okay. Oh, well!
Yup, tornados, fires are lots worse. âšī¸âšī¸đŽ And eaten to a stump by deer.
I’m not hitting ‘like’ on this one. đ
I know, right? đ
Not good! Nature is always changing and surprising đ
Yes, I’m not liking this kind of surprise!
I know rhe feeling– yuck!
It happens every few years… everything is looking great, then wah!
Like = unlike Eliza…just didn’t want any confusion 8^)
Thank you, Frank!
Yuck!
Yup!
But it LOOKS beautiful! đđđ. Like something from Fairyland! đđĻđđĻđ
Spoken like a true Norwegian! đ
Haha! đđ
Oh no! Oh boy, Eliza, I know your pain! But at least as Trini says it does look beautiful … I’m just cringing knowing the damage hail can do. Unbelievable!! BIG (((HUGS))) â¤
Thank you, Amy, it was one of nature’s unhappy surprises. Thanks for the hugs!
Nature does have a way of surprising us doesn’t she? …. The forecast calls for turbulent weather in June, including a hurricane on the Atlantic coast! Brace for more if the unexpected. (Nature emulating life and politics?!? )
Yes! We need to take each moment as it comes. đ
Unbelievable! It’s been on the cool side here, calling for a jacket all day long – not that I’m complaining. I hope your hailstorm damage was minimal.
Thanks, Kris. Not too bad, but kind of ruins the look of the big hosta leaves. Ah, well. Better than a foot of snow, right? đ
There was a lovely rainbow at the end of the storm – my consolation prize.
I hope your beautiful gardens weathered the hail storm and let’s hope June brings more sunshine and less rain and hail.
Hear, hear! It wasn’t too bad, the hosta seems the worse hit, but I haven’t made the full tour. Not much can be done at any rate and a few holes now, or later made by slugs, won’t make a big difference, I guess. I just like the ‘perfection’ fantasy for the month of June at least!
WOW! I thought it was strange when it snowed in April in Germany but this tops that! Hope your plants survive it.
Thank you, Cindy, most seem to have weathered the storm okay, but my hostas have holes. đĻ
Fear the hail!!! We had some hard rain yesterday that I thought for a moment was hail. I’m glad most of your plants are alright.
Thank you, Lisa. Not too bad, we’ll recover. đ
Oh no! I hope they didn’t freeze!
No, it melted quickly, but it still must have had a chilling effect!
Yep, it could’a been a foot of snow! Hope nothing got too badly battered. đ
Thanks, not too bad.
Oh no! I hope June will be kinder to your garden! đ
Thank you, I hope so, too!
What a shame, especially about the hostas. Let’s hope June brings lots of new lush growth to replace the holey leaves!
Thank you, Allison. I guess perfection shouldn’t be expected in the garden (or anywhere, for that matter)! đ
Reblogged this on Anita Dawes & Jaye Marie.
Thank you for reblogging!
Oh no – hope nothing was damaged.
Just the hosta – but the slugs can and will most likely do similar damage this year. Nature’s ups and downs!
Wow, nature gave you a cold shoulder
It sure did!
Oh, no! We just can’t seem to catch a break this year. Maybe now that it’s June…..??
Hope springs eternal!
Quite a spring, eh? It hailed at my Mom’s over Mother’s Day. This morning I considered turning on the heat (and I just planted out my tomatoes ): !)
I know, crazy weather. It was 46 this morning and I kept thinking about the annuals that are out there not happy with anything below 55. Time will tell how the summer proceeds.
The day we left for the UK there was a huge hail storm less than half a mile from here; we were very lucky not to get it.
It is rather random in occurrence. Lucky it didn’t get your garden.
Ugh! You are so right about hail.
One is helpless to do any protecting with so little warning. Ah, well.
So true!
What the hail? Hope your plants didn’t suffer too much damage.
I was going to have that be my title! Mostly the hosta, but the slugs/snails will have at them sooner or later, so what the heck.
Not good
Nope!
Wow Eliza, that is late in the season, hope it did not do any damage to your plants.
Thanks, Agnes. Not too bad, but never a good thing for plants!
I hope your garden came through all right. Hail was forecast here the other day but passed us over!
Lucky it missed you. My hosta is full of tears and holes, but I’ll have to live with it. đ Thanks!
Hope the plants survive!
Oh, yes, thank you. Just a few rips in the bigger leaves, the plant still functions, I just have to let go of the idea of perfection! đ
eeks!!!! I hope there wasn’t too much damage đĻ
Thanks, Kim. Not good for hostas!
hail nor deer đĻ they always liked to try to eat ours đ
Yes, deer do nibble out by the road, but not close to the house, thankfully. The slugs/snails help themselves wherever they please, so eventually most look ragged. I’ve found the giant hostas are more resistant to munching (they are kale vs. lettuce) so not as frequently bothered. I tell myself, EVERYTHING beomes ‘food’ eventually.
So sad to see spring tender leaves damaged by hail….I hope they recover.
Thank you, Maureen. It is sad to see the little rips and holes, but life goes on. đ
Ouch!!
Yeah, not fun.