Stumped?

Do you read the Washington Post?  In the Sunday weekly magazine there is always a page with a quiz, consisting of two images of the “same” thing, except there are a dozen or so “differences” that the reader is invited to identify.  They are at best subtle, and sometimes almost inscrutable.  Usually I try to find one, and satisfy myself that if I really wanted to, I could find the others and move on to the Sietsema restaurant review (which have been fairly charitable lately).  So here is my version:  Find the differences between these images:

 

 

One clue is they might be taken in different seasons (if you can’t get that one, quit reading and contact the Senior Center).  Another difference can be found if you look just to the right of the garage door.  Cedar tree?  No Cedar tree…

That is because after I thought I was in the clear last Thursday (when I posted the “coming soon” stuff), the radar man on TV began to talk about a suspicious storm in the northern neck of Virginia that engendered a Tornado Warning there, and was projected to move into Southern Maryland, Leonardtown, California, and Pax River..  Yeah, right buddy.  About a half an hour later: in front

And on the water side

 

Of course I stayed inside when it "hit” and my lasting image will be of the patio table on the deck (which I left because it was anchored by that massive weight and the pole through the middle) about fifteen feet in the air twirling like a Frisbee disappearing over the edge of the hill, along with the two chaise lounges which have never been affected by storms before.  After MFO retrieved one of the lounges and the umbrella, all we had was:

 

Amazingly, since the always proactive MFO got on the phone with the “tree guy” immediately they arrived the next morning to tackle the job

It is really intriguing to watch them surgically remove limbs, guiding where the fall, always mindful of people and the use of the right equipment

Chippers, saws, grabbers, and labor all worked together so in about three hours, we had

Such a beautiful thing that nature took so many years to create, that then she took it back in minutes.  And the interior of the wood was equally marvelous with a wonderful Cedar aroma..

So we move on, as always

DFD