Landslide Damage from Two Weeks Ago

Trees slid into the Lake

Walk/Tram are Destroyed

Mostly Shallow rooted Pines Fell

I finally took some pictures of the damage to Giarizzo's house, a result of the rains, winds, and terrible spring we have had.  It's unbelieveable what happened, and they are lucky to have their house still standing.  The costs of clean up and then restoring the cliff so that it's stable will be enormous and I doubt if insurance will pay for any of it.  Fortunately, their boats were not in yet, or they would have been destroyed.  As you can see, much of the earth fell into the water, creating an extra 30-40 feet of property, where the lake edge once stood.  It's been like this for a couple of weeks, and we have yet to talk with Mike, other than the  day it happened when he was still in shock.  Even  getting earth moving equipment into the area will be a feat if not impossible, unless you compromise other parts of the hill to create a graduated road to get up and down.

It's 65 degrees out, high in the 70's, though overcast and we got a hint of rain last night, perhaps thunderstorms today mixed in with some sunshine.  It's a good day to read SCORPIONS,  the storm of the four justices during FDR's presidency, their impact on society, battles with each other, and their rise to Court Justices, one of whom was Robert Jackson, Jamestown's favorite son, head of the Nuremberg Trials after the war.

After I hit the dump, we are off to the open air market in Westfield, then Topps, then Ron and Linda's to play with the cats for a bit.  It's still overcast, humid, and looks like rain but not thunderstorms.

Not a lot at the market, but we picked up some local bibb lettuce and green onions, stopped at Topps, and played with the girls (the cats) for about 15 minutes, then home again, to a warm afternoon, which Evie spent reading on the dock and playing scrabble, one of the first days in awhile where she has just relaxed most of the day.  I cleaned out my garage for the first time, as it's been wet, and will no doubt do it again three or four times during the summer.  It looks like was going to rain all day but it hasn't, at least here at Woodlawn, and if you are busy at all, it's quite humid and warm.  I am going out on the dock now to read for awhile, then swim.  Lamb koftas for dinner with a yogurt/tahini sauce and a Jar salad, basically a dolled up coleslaw, with fennel, carrots, feta, prosciutto, cabbage and a couple of kinds of vinegar and oil.  It also calls for chicken but we'll skip that. Yum