IT WAS THE UNIVERSE WORKING FOR ME, AS SCARY AS IT WAS!!!

If you look back a little way into my blog you'll see this post where I talk about starting to build a dam. I did start too...but I is realized a few days into working that there was a MASSIVE problem.

On the hillside beside the spring (where the dam is being built) there is(was) a huge dead tree. My fear was that I would get the dam completed and the tree would fall and destroy it!

This put a halt to my dam building and I needed to get a few things set up before I could it the tree down.(my nerves, mainly😂)This was going to be the weekend I did it as I had all I needed and the weekend would give me enough time.

THEN TODAY HAPPENED😥

I needed to get all the laundry done today because the last thing I needed to do before dropping the tree was move everything we use for water at the house... water reservoir barrel, water pump, hoses and pipes.

So I made my way back to the spring to get set up to do laundry. I was crouched down at the barrel, about to fill it when I heard the single scariest noise I've ever heard in my life. The loud crack of a tree snapping...and it sounded like it was right next to me, coming from the direction of the dead tree!!!

As I went to stand up to get away, my feet slipped on the wet log I was crouched on..and I fell down. I felt the rush of wind blow by next to my head and right shoulder. I don't remember seeing anything, as I believe I may have closed my eyes when I fell. This was the end result...

In the picture above the big tree(log now😁) that's in our water tank, is the one that snapped. But it's the smaller one in the picture that almost got me.

A BIG THANKS TO THE UNIVERSE

First, because I lived. Secondly, because now I don't have to cut the tree down. Cutting big trees scares me, especially in places like this one, where the tree was growing on the hillside. All I could think is I don't want to cut that thing, and it had been weighing on my mind for a while. I'd been putting it off for weeks. Maybe my strong desire to not it this tree caused it to fall all on its own? I believe it played a huge part in it.

A view of the end that snapped...see my speaker?...I'm finding my music absolutely lovely of the late!!!

*A wider view. On the right where the pipe is, is where the dam is at.

*The reservoir is severely damaged, but I think I can use it until I can get a new one. The pipes are a little messed up, but I think I can reuse them. My home made turbine will also be okay.

THE DAM SURVIVED

There was absolutely no damage to the dam. The tree did push a large amount of mud down the hill, but that can be easily cleaned up.

*A picture of how far I am on the dam...taken before the tree fell.

I ran to the top of the ridge just to make this post and I need to get back to start cleaning everything up. I've got a lot of work to do now...luckily, I no longer have a tree to cut down this weekend.😁 So I've all the time I need.

I JUST ALMOST DIED ON THE HOMESTEAD---THE LAUNDRY'S GONNA HAVE TO WAIT😁