Timpson Cove Tornado, Chapter 5 - This and That

Glass table tops decided to meet in the SE corner of our boathouse,
and managed to get there without breaking.

Timpson Cove Tornado, Chapter 4 - Parallelogram Boathouse

The posts (with the rope) are vertical. The boathouse, not so much. This one,
where Jones Branch meets Timpson Cove, got pushed out of square.
The door and windows didn't like it.

Timpson Cove Tornado, Chapter 3 - Woody's House

Rootball of the massive double-trunk tree that destroyed Woody's house.
It's not that the house is far away from the rootball; the rootball is just huge, and so is the tree.

Timpson Cove Tornado, Chapter 2 - Bill's boathouse

Part of it in his yard, part floating between our boathouses,
and part of it on the other side of our boathouse (so it must have sailed over our boathouse).

Timpson Cove Tornado, Chapter 1 - Our Maple

We were lucky to avoid major damage. Our maple . . . not so much!

Rabun Roads boys clear a path down Timpson Cove Road, by our downed maple

Purple azaleas

Overhanging the lake, near hot tub

What is this flower?

Stalky bush with yellow flowers in April. If you know the name, leave it in a comment.

Water's edge

Hummer

Hummingbird at dusk, at our balcony feeder.

Need to learn how to force the flash, to bring out the color.

Native azalea

In a neighbor's garden.

Self-portrait of the captain

Spring at the Blue Fish

Spring bursting out at the Blue Fish Lodge:
cherry blossoms, dogwoods, azaleas and so much more

Propane

We use propane for cooking and for the gas fireplace. The tank is in the side yard between our house and Bill's, and has a percent-filled meter on it. If it gets below 10%, we need to get it filled. How?

Parking pad goes in

Jerry Kyle's crew built us a parking pad on the boathouse side of the road, using river rock. No more mud!

Grading and clearing out the roots

Dumping the rock

Spreading

Finished product

Georgia's garden and maple tree

Goldfinch

Yella Fella

Apt. for Wren-t

One bedroom, unfurnished, nice location. Cheep.

George has garden fever!

George plants the rail box overhanging the lake, at the hot tub.

Bats in the boathouse

Find bat guano on the floor, then look up. Five furry flying freaks!

Cherry blossoms

From our front porch, on Bill's cherry tree.

A short walk up the hill

Or so he said!

Rabun Bald, highest point in Rabun County:
Don, Carol, Robert & George; North Carolina mountains in the background.

Exiled from Ladies Weekend

Robert and Taylor go camping at Devils Fork State Park, on Lake Jocassee, in western South Carolina.

Kayakers on Lake Jocassee, SC. North Carolina mountains in the background.

Ladies of the Lake at Minnehaha Falls

Front: Carol, Ruthlyn, Georgia; rear: Beth, Daisy, Carol.