The last two weeks have brought devastating tornados and flooding rains to the Oklahoma City and surrounding areas. After the record tornado hit Moore on May 20, several smaller tornados hit the El Reno and Midwest City areas this past Friday and caused severe damage and deaths. We feel fortunate that we were not affected by that weather here at the Retreat, neither with physical damage or by knowing someone who personally suffered damage or injury by the weather. We are grateful to have gotten some rain that has suddenly brought spring to the area. I know the wheat farmers are also happy about the rain, even if it is late in the year.
Suddenly the property is overgrown and green. Andy has been busy cutting out broken limbs from trees and cutting them up for next winter's firewood, and for the oven. He is taking a break from working on the oven while he waits for the latest layer of cement to cure. We have firebrick stacked up, ready to use to build the actual oven part of the structure.
I've been working on transplanting spiderwort around the property. It is abundant and a perennial, very tolerant of the weather here. It will bloom all summer so it is nice to have around.
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