My Home Since The Monson June 1st Tornado

Almost 4 & a half months since

the devastating Monson

tornado on June 1st.

We've cleaned up all of the trees

we lost. It used to be woods

behind my house and I also

had a very large shade tree in

the center of my back yard &

a beautiful flowering

crab apple tree to the left

of my front walk.

We've replaced the roofs on our

house, shed & screen house.

We've painted the exterior.

It used to be a yellow house

with white trim.

We also had to reinforce the

front balcony which was not safe.

Still waiting for our four

broken windows to be replaced.

We lost the railings around our deck

so we decided with the lack of trees

we needed to create our own shade.

We had this pergola built &

will grow a wisteria vine on it.

We already love this spot.

It gives us a relaxing outdoor

room to sit in and look at

the pond or watch the birds.

Back here we have a view of

Main Street which we never had

before. We can also clearly

see the path that the tornado

took.

We still have to have the lawn

regraded & seeded

because it's full of ruts that

you can easily twist your

ankle in.

We've redone one room & one

ceiling inside so far but we also

have damaged ceilings &

wallpaper in 4 more rooms.

I almost forgot about the hallway

and staircase rug we need to rip out.

We're getting there but still

have a ways to go .

It seems like it all just happened

last week. The summer just flew.

A summer I'll never forget !