A BAD ENDING TO A BEAUTIFUL DAY....

5:15 am...sunrise.
6:30am.....it looks like we are going to have a spectacular day.

Early morning and just before sunset....the best light.





Had to go out early for chores so I could be a Glen Darach Farm by 9am.

It got warm fast, and the horses came in from the pasture by 8:15 to get away from the bugs.

At 1:30 I had to go to the bank and take my car in for an oil change.  The pups came along and we went for a walk while we were waiting.  This is an old railroad bed across from Northside Service, where I left my car.
We walked by Remembrance Park where our Art & Aesthetics Committed had a beautiful piece of sculpture installed.  One of the neighbors has planted this gorgeous garden.

This is the neighbor's garden....

...and one of her flowers...
We ended up at the Welcome Center on the canal at 2:30.  Gary was helping to plant the gardens there at 3.  The dogs and I walked back to get the car and got bad news.  I need over $325 worth of repairs on my steering system ...new tie rods or something like that.  Went home...took a little nap.  Gar arrived, showered and left for a 5:30 meeting.  

THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED!!! About 2 minutes down the road, a young woman going 55 mph drove through a stop sign and hit our truck.  It flipped over and was hit by another car. Gary had on his seatbelt and both windows were down so he was able to crawl out.

He called home and said to come quick!  I thought it was just a little fender bender and could not believe my eyes when I got there.  The truck was totalled.  The front of it was no longer and the back was smashed on both sides.  There were two gallons of paint on the floor and all kinds of equipment in the back.  The paint cans imploded and went all over Gary and the ground.  He was bleeding from his head but was standing and clear headed.  Bruises and cuts all over the place.  The women in the other two cars could not get out as their doors were smashed in.  All three were taken by ambulance to Strong Hospital.  The people at the emergency room were fantastic.  Jenny went in with him...I went home to take care of the animals and some friends came up to help.  Arlene stayed at the farm and Randy drove me in to the hospital.  By 10:30 we were home and it was all over the news.  It took a long time for Gary to get the paint off his body...and he is going to be very sore tomorrow.  We are so lucky that it was not worse.