lismore storm

maybe you heard about the wicked hail storm that hit lismore and surrounds last month? hailstones the size of golf balls, 90km/hr wind gusts and a deluge that lasted a deafening 20mins or more!! the event was declared a natural disaster (tho i think we got off lightly compared to the tsunami victims, cyclone katrina etc!). our little slice of paradise did not escape the carnage - the garden looked like a giant lawnmower had ravaged it, a window was shattered, the roof pummelled and various other casualties...and this was nothing compared to some other houses in the neighbourhood! ella and i took refuge in the bathroom, as far away from the perilous gum trees on the southern side of the house as possible! very exciting really! i've included a before picture of the vegie patch, eerily taken just the day before the storm.. k