So it was more than a little disturbing to walk out into the garden and NOT see the umbrella. I must have looked like a classic sitcom character in my perplexity. Yes, it's been windy today but windy enough to lift the umbrella off the pole and send it sailing all the way across my neighbor's yard and onto his driveway? That I did not see coming. It was the most logical explanation but my mind boggled at the possibility and I was briefly convinced someone had sneaked into the back and stolen it. But when I walked outside the gate and looked down the alley, there it was on the neighbor's driveway. I retrieved it, none the worse for its journey, and reinstalled it on its pole. I left it closed in case the wind picks up again. Maybe I should name it Dorothy.
So it was more than a little disturbing to walk out into the garden and NOT see the umbrella. I must have looked like a classic sitcom character in my perplexity. Yes, it's been windy today but windy enough to lift the umbrella off the pole and send it sailing all the way across my neighbor's yard and onto his driveway? That I did not see coming. It was the most logical explanation but my mind boggled at the possibility and I was briefly convinced someone had sneaked into the back and stolen it. But when I walked outside the gate and looked down the alley, there it was on the neighbor's driveway. I retrieved it, none the worse for its journey, and reinstalled it on its pole. I left it closed in case the wind picks up again. Maybe I should name it Dorothy.
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