My front yard - it's a tiny little cottage, but the shade trees and garden made it nice.

The wind came from the back of the house, so the lattice work was spared and the front of the house was sheltered enough for the dog to make bathroom breaks. The cat wasn't having any part of it.

This tree on the north side of the house is leaning towards the camera because of hurricane Erin, many years before. I looked out the window during the storm and saw it leaning even more, and being rocked by gusts of wind.

I knew it wasn't going to make it.

The same side yard from the opposite direction.

The round Ficus tree by the back door hand been blown over, too, but I got it staked back up before taking the "after" photo.

My shed was old and rusty, but it did keep my yard tools dry.

Luckily all the trees missed the house, but this tree did land on the shed - at least it kept it from blowing away like so many others did!

The banana trees had a pod of bananas just getting ready to fruit.

It didn't help anything that there is a huge construction project going on right behind my house. The raw sand sandblasted the house and garden.

My patio area, looking north.

The framework held in there really well.

Here's what is left of my last shade tree. It lost a few large branches, and the top broke off, but I may still get a little shade out of it this summer.

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