High winds from this storm last night broke a huge branch off Teagan’s tree, pulled the lower powerline to within inches of our fence, and the lines started arching in the trees. My neighbor alerted me of the problem early this morning. Fire department staff stood out and watched the cottonwoods south of the broken branch catching fire and going out from the arcing powerline into late afternoon before the tree trimmers showed up to cut the tree back.

The branch is on the right. It’s hard to see between the irrigation ditch and our fence in the bamboo. The branch is about 12 inches (30.48 cm) thick.

A zipper spider blocked one of the deck doors last night. She had packed up and moved on when I checked on her this morning.

Closeup of a zipper spider between Iceberg Rose and the corner of the deck.

Bromiliad

Mid-morning

Skinny Mantis

Spunk grooming Marble

Sunset