Explosion...and People In My Life That Matter!

(Lone Tree In Fog Photo by ndtphoto)

    No, we don't have fog in the backyard this morning. This is just one of the other photos I didn't get to share with you yesterday. I love it so much I just had to lead with it today. :-) ...No, we don't have fog this morning. We have wind!...Wind, and a promise of substantial snowfall coming for next week!

      And as unhappy as the prospect of snow coming next week makes me, I'm happy, for the sake of the police officers and fire department, that we didn't have all that snow on the ground in our area  yesterday...or fog for that matter...because there was a massive gas explosion in downtown Springfield Massachusetts yesterday evening (the town where my family live!), and snow and fog would've really complicated an already complicated issue!

     Apparently there were high levels of gas in the area about an hour and a half before the explosion. Just as the gas company thought they had it under control....fifteen minutes later, BOOM!!...Terrible!!...One building was leveled to the ground! And I think they said that one of the 'first responders' got hurt trying to do something in the hole the blast made!...Thankfully, while about 8 to 10 people were taken to the hospital, there appears to be no deaths from the blast.

      I know the explosion was heard and felt far and wide, in towns far away from the blast. Hubby and I didn't hear or feel it, but my father, who lives about 20 blocks away, did! He says their house alarm went off when the explosion happened! O_O I know a lot of people's windows blew out! There was broken glass everywhere!...What worries me this morning is that I just heard on the news that the levels of gas in the air are strong again this morning. They're telling people to stay out of the area. O_O

      A lot of the people in my life that matter live in that town! I don't wanna be thinking about whether they're gonna blow up because of a gas leak!!...Uhhhhh...I may be over-thinking the situation a bit...I've been known to do that on occasion :-] ... Stop Laughing!!

    

      Anyway!...Ha! Ha!...To distract myself from watching the local news reports, I decided to share my poem about 'the people in my life that matter' on my blog today...in my way! :-) So here goes:

The People In My Life That Matter

The people in my life who matter,
those surrounding me with symmetry, 

 (The Beauty of Symmetry 5x7 Print by kellydbrown)

I need to write a poem about you,
and let you know what you mean to me.

You are the leaded shoes,
that cause an inability to float.
You are the waves on a quiet morning,
allowing life to gently rock me in it's boat.

(Gently Rocking 6x8 Original Oil Painting by dianamarshall)

You are the soaring eagle,
high above my submissive head;

(Sunset Soaring Eagle Scrapbooking Paper by DesignUrMemories)

You are the fluffed up pillow,
caressed so softly on my bed.

(Fluffy Heart Shaped Pillow by SendASmooch)

You are the foundation I-beam
 on the first floor of my home;

(Custom Original LARGE Hand Drawn Watercolor Painting by SchulmanArts)

You are the ground beneath me,
 and the field and dale I roam.

(Original Watercolour by artistnina)

You are the middle C,
where every song I sing will start;

(Middle C 8x10 Fine Art Photography Print by KimDeslandesPhotoArt)

You are the pulsing fluid

that surrounds my grateful heart.

(5 Thank You Cards and Envelopes by reneeanne)

You are the people in my life that matter.
You give my life such symmetry.
I wrote this poem so that you would know
that you mean the world to me.

(A Different World Wall Sticker by sunnysideupuk)

             :-) Okay...post done!....Poem done!.....sufficiently distracted! ^_^ Now it's time for some breakfast and bird watching...Why not?! The cardinal has been sitting here in the tree watching me!! :-] ... Have a good day, Everybody!