Warning updated

The tropical storm watch was upgraded to a tropical storm warning. Our place is still on the northeastern edge of the possible track. Winds are 45 mph with higher gusts and it has speeded up on it's way to landfall. The direction is still northwest in a straight line.

Storm Warning

As most of you know, we have a house on the Texas gulf coast. It is located on a salt water creek that feeds into the gulf a mile or so downstream from us. This morning the hurricane center has issued a tropical storm watch for the area where our house is. That isn't really a warning yet but it does say; "Be alert for further notices as the storm moves forward". It actually looks like the storm will be making landfall to the south of us but that places us in the northeast quadrant which is the most dangerous side to be on. The storm will probably not get to hurricane force before it makes landfall but it could. We will just need to wait and see what it does. Our prayer is that wherever it goes, our state will receive some badly needed rainfall. North through central Texas would be nice.

Puzzlin'

For the last week we have been working on this 3D puzzle. This is the largest of these that we have done with 1000 pieces. They are quite challenging and if you enjoy puzzles I highly recommend it. Martha found this one in a yard sale for 50 cents. That is a bargain in today's economy. There are 2 challenges involved, first finding the correct pieces and assembling the panels that make up the walls and base. Then comes the challenge of putting it all together, connecting the wall panels and roof panels to make a finished puzzle. As it turns out, there were 2 missing pieces but they were of no consequence in the finished puzzle. The finished product is worth the effort.

Here is another view from the front.

Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday weekend.