Here is up-to-the-minute info on our tree damage (and repair) situation. First of all, I believe we will choose to delay the start of repairs until the day after the grandkids leave. There will be part of the house we can't use for about the first week or 10 days of the repair work, and it will be easier to have part of the house unusable AFTER the grands have gone rather than while they are here. Our insurance company has been wonderful and has already reimbursed us for the $3,100 we paid on the weekend for the tree removal. (Liberty Mutual is the insurance company, for all who might wonder.) The restoration firm is also wonderful (Accord Restoration). One of the state senators heard of our plight and contacted us....asked to come see us and wanted copies of our photos. He was very sympathetic and spent an hour sitting with us at our kitchen table discussing the issue. He is going to help get the legislation the rest of the way through the state legislature so it can be signed into law and it will then become very clear who is responsible for the damage caused by trees. I believe I told you the land owner cut down 3 of the 6 remaining trees that needed to come down....but those other 3 still worry me.
Now for the photo I mentioned in the title of this post.... a photo I truly love. A magazine called Delaware Beach Life has run a photo contest the past few years for amateur photographers. Hubby entered several for last year's contest and one was chosen for honorable mention...and actually got an entire page in an issue of the magazine (with a little story I wrote to go with it). We have a good number of Mennonites (and some Amish) in the area. We happened to be at the beach when these gals were at the water's edge. Now, since seeing them at the beach and IN the water isn't unusual here, can you guess what fascinated us the most that day? Okay...I'll tell you.......the thing that was SO neat was the way they had their shoes lined up. I don't know about your family, but with my kids and grandkids, shoes are just scattered anywhere and everywhere on the beach as soon as we get there. That is why these shoes caught our attention. I think it's a great photo...don't you??? (Click on it to see it larger and get the full effect of that line of shoes!)
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Sounds like things are getting better on the tree situation. As for the pic, they look COLD. lol Great pic though.
As I recall, we took this picture on a windy day in late spring in 2008....so they probably were a bit chilly standing right at the edge of the water.
Great picture!
Awesome on the house!!
Things are starting to look up. Yea I hope you will be having the other 3 trees cut down too. Have fun with your grandkids enjoy and looking forward to your renos. Love the photos and the shoes,
Applause all around....
Yea for Liberty Mutual
Yea for your State Senator
Yea for grandkids
and
double yea for hubby's camera
Great photo...
and yea for Pat for sharing it all with us!
So glad to hear that you have good news about the renovations. Beautiful picture! We're on our way to the beach soon, and I'm looking forward to those wonderful early mornings to enjoy the beach before everyone is up and out.
That is a stunning picture. The composition is amazing. The colors, WOWEE.
I'm very impressed with the progress you are making. A senator! Wow again.
definetly some good news here Pat.
Good news and a fabulous photo!
Glad your insurance company was so quick with the money. That's not always the case, I think. I find it hard to imagine that a state senator would stop by to talk about the trees. I don't think that would happen here in Maryland. Perhaps Delaware will get the law fixed, so that the property owner is responsible for trees. Too late to help you now, but it might persuade him to take down the other three trees.
The photo is great. It wouldn't be much fun to go to the beach in those clothes, would it? I wonder if the Amish come in the summer when it is boiling hot, or just when the weather is cool.
Terrific photo! Wonderful composition!
Well, thank goodness the tree situation is improving. I was worried I was going to have to come up there and punch someone for you.
Pat
It was good to pop in here and hear some really good news about the possibilities of changing that idiotic law!
The picture is wonderful....and yes, odd that the shoes are all lined up perfectly. But have you ever noticed their clotheslines? They too...hung with order!
Great picture, Pat. The shoe lineup is definitely a classic.
I'm glad to hear that progress is being made on the liability of tree damage. It will help the next person who has this happen.
Oh WOW what a wonderful picture Pat!! Hooray on the ease of getting things done on the house...well not ease but seems to be going pretty smoothly at this point. I'm impressed that the senator came by to show support for your plight. I hope this new law will make the landowner take the rest of the trees down.
Crispy
Glad things are working out with your tree damage...love that picture, no wonder your DH was one of the top entries!
The senator was in your kitchen having coffee? Huh, how about that!
Glad the insurance company is being prompt with the $$$. Putting off the
beginning of the work until the little people are gone is a wise move. As for the photo, it's fabulous :^)
Sounds like things are looking up...so glad.
Yes waiting till after grands visit seems like a wise choice!
VA seems to have a law like this one too!
UGH!
Love that PIC!!!
I got your package...yepeeeee and all the fun goodies....thanks so much. Now I will have to hope to those signature blocks.
I love the picture....one day at church I looked over and a couple had their flipflops lined up the same way under the pew in front of them....
I would definitely give you both first prize for that photo!! I love it!!!
great picture! good news!
What a beautiful photo! Just by looking at it, I can hear the ocean and feel the sand beneath my feet! Glad that things are moving along so smoothly on what started with such a big bump!
So glad that things are going in a good direction for the damages you suffered...Think maybe you will be able to breathe a little easier now - especially knowing you have such good insurance.
Love the photo...I have to say - I love the colors of their dresses - and do you think I would be able to find those colors of fabrics...especially the teal and purple...NO! Where do they shop for fabric????
Great photo! Glad to hear you're making progress with the tree situation.
Great picture!
Glad to hear you're making progress with the tree situation...and all will be fixed soon..
Julia ♥
Great picture and I am so happy you have good news for all of us. Good luck on your renovations.
That IS a great photo! Congrats to hubby for winning the contest!
And good news on the insurance refund - glad to hear things are proceeding a bit more smoothly now. Still lots of work to be done, by the sounds of it!
Great photos of the produce at the fair. I hope I can post some as good as that from our Flower Show.
The pictures of the women at the seaside remind me of the bathing machines used during Victorian times in England when women went into the sea fully dressed!
I hope the repairs to the house go well and quickly.
That is a great picture...and the lined up shoes is quite interesting! I remember seeing lots of buggies when we lived in Dover. I remember seeing a buggy parked outside a convienence store and the husband walked out carrying a loaf of white bread and milk. Sure knocked out my image of homemade bread and fresh milk from a cow I thought the Amish would surely have!! :)
It is realy a wonderful picture, thank you for sharing.
and you are rigth - shoes in this house never stands so neat. ;-)
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