I’m glad you’re all safe. That’s a really neat photo! Did the frog hide inside the ceramic pot? Pretty smart!

The leaf in the shape of a seahorse, just wow. Nature’s origami. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Glad you're OK.

My daughter is moving to NC in the spring, her BF is there and I haven't heard his latest update...he's outside of Asheville.

I always worry about the wildlife when we have an "event" (out here in Tahoe, it's wildfire) I'm amazed at how good they are at getting out of the way and surviving!

thanks for the pic and update!

thanks for posting it for us, mnhtnbb.

When I lived in Chapel Hill, the house was on a downslope, wooded hillside, covered with old and very tall trees. We watched more than one come down in different storms over the years. Some even crossed the road below us, and the city came out to cut them up. Fortunately, it was only a neighborhood road without much traffic, so no one ever crashed a car into a fallen tree.

Be prepared for your insurance company to only give you a small amount that won't nearly cover the cost of taking the rest of the tree down. When the Chapel Hill House burned down, two of our big old trees had fire damage and had to come down. The insurance company gave us $500/ tree in 2007, and it cost $6,000 to have the two trees taken down, cut up, and hauled away! After that, when a big tree came down in a storm, we let it rot on the hillside if it wasn't off our property.

it did not hit the house. It was, however, only half the tree. The police advised me to not stay upstairs - where my bedroom is. So I have not. Onward and upward with grace and gratitude.
I'm sorry about the trouble you had in Chapel Hill. Hard knocks. And no, the insurance already told me they will only fix the fence and related problems. The rest of the tree has to hit the house for me to get coverage.

Glad you stopped at least one driver from hitting the tree!