Standing Strong

The thunderstorm this evening made me realize how much I love the tree that's been standing in our front yard for the past 20 odd years. At least two trees on my street were blown over by the wind today and I was very afraid that our tree would not be able to withstand the strong gusts. But luckily, our tree that has survived an ice storm and an uncountable number of other weather phenomena, remained standing tonight. It is still thundering outside right now so I hope this will still be true tomorrow!

Morning update: tree is fine! =)

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