and the weather man says

probable afternoon thunderstorms across Brisbane.......

(now you see the tree......

.......now you don't)

Well they got it right today!

About 4 this afternoon a line of storms came across Brisbane after a 31degree stinker of a day.

We usually seem to miss the storms as they go around us but this on unleashed its almost cyclonic fury on us for about 15-20minutes leaving us ankle deep in water in our backyard and with water in the garage (much to the disgust of YD who has vainly tried blocking all entry points).

Our yard is a mess with small branches everywhere, our Bouganvillia has leaned over the fence, another plant has bent over out of the dirt and one of the big palms shed a section of old leaves onto the 'work' car.

Our local Woolworths shop lost their roof - maybe there will be a flood sale this week! We did get off lightly with reports of golf to tennis ball size hail and black outs.

The boys were delighted with most of the whole storm with the rain coming onto the decks and the winds making them crazy.... And afterwards we wandered down the road with some neighbours to see our park now underwater. It was still warm so it was nice to let them run around getting wet after such a hot day. It was a nice neighbourly get together as we all inspected the damage too!