OT?Also my irises

From: RYFigge@aol.com

Devastation has struck!  Half of me is Pollyanna over this that nothing is a  
problem if money can solve it -- and the other half is bemoaning over the 
financial blows dealt out this year.  

Everyone knows we've had a severe drought this year - too hot to plant irises 
and then we've had such rains that it was too wet!  About 10 days ago  we had 
4" in 2 hrs. and then Floyd came to visit  or an early cousin and we had 2' 
in 2 hours and  my waterproofed cellar had water -- the ground just could not 
take it all in -- Then of course Floyd arrived himself and gave me over 10 
measured inches all day Thusrday and all night -- Friday I had a root 
canal(one of my front teeth!) and came home and found that  a huge wild 
cherry tree in my neighbor's yard had its own version of a root canal during 
the night and uprooted itself -- all 7' tall for the uprooted part  - and was 
inconsiderate enough to lay its 2' diameter unwelcomed body across my 5' 
Anchor chain-link fence, taking out  11 eight foot sections of the fence, and 
4 of my prize specimen trees that are/were my pride and  joy  and also a few 
shrubs( my grandmother always pointed out that pride goeth before a fall -- 
and I have really fallen on the depths of despair until I remember I'm being 
pollyanna that it didn;t take out my Shadbark Maple - or hit my deck or the 
house)  BUT - it is also laying over half of one of my Rebloomer 
Beds!!!!!!!!!!   THAT is the final straw!  The tree is so huge it will take a 
crane to lift it out, and there is no way of access so that means chopping it 
up.  The neighbor and I have notified our ins. co. and waiting for 1 treeman 
to come and "look" at it today - Saturday.  They are all too busy removing 
trees from houses and roads, which is understandable - but my poor irises are 
unhappy, I know!   And so am I. However the weather is beautiful, drying out 
so planting can resume.
 My guard cat is refusing to eat even babyfood because she feels betrayed 
that now she is better and resents having her medicine added - and if she 
doesn't get it, she'll go downhill again.  Woe is me - but Pollyanna is 
struggling to the rescue of my spirits - theysay a problem shared is half a 
problem -- so you were elected to share!!!    Pollyanna-Rosalie nr Baltimore  
 zone 7    ryfigge@aol.com

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