Jinxed

I don't know what I've done to anger the Gods of Machinery, but clearly I have.  Please pardon me while I continue to work obscenely hard at getting absolutely nothing done.  If you happen to pass by this way and glimpse a flushed, angry woman beating the hell out of a mechanical device, please just avert your gaze and pass on by.  This too shall pass.  I hope.

In the meantime, can you spot the slightly out-of-place object...

A turkey on the wood pile.

A turtle sailing around the pond on the storm-dislodged straw bale...

The trees knocked down by the same storm yesterday afternoon.  It also knocked out the power and the phone and the lightening hit a lovely tree right next to Riding Buddy's house.  It's still standing, but doesn't look so good.

And, of course, every one of these trees fell on the fence.  Good thing they fell into the woods and I use easily fixable electric fence.  I am going to move the fence and leave the trees to their fate.

Tomorrow, I am going to get the tractor back together or sell it, one or the other.  The car got new rotors and brakes.  It is still making a weird clanking noise, but it has for a while and the mechanic swears it's fine.  At 220,000 miles it's entitled to a few weird noises, time to turn up the radio.  I took the smoke detectors down and ripped out their batteries becaus if they go off at 4 am for absolutely no reason one more time I am going to have to beat them with the ax.  They are very well behaved sitting on the counter.  

Time to go see what the latest storm has brought, the air has cleared a bit and the tornado warnings have expired.  For now:)