We're not in Kansas anymore Toto.....

There are very few things in this world that scare me. I mean, I think I am pretty tough - I can be in your face and pretty bold when I need to be. People don't scare me nor do their attitudes. Spiders, snakes and other creepy crawlies - not so much. Earthquakes - nope, been in some small ones and I'm good - no fear whatsoever.

But tornadoes.....tornadoes scare the crap out of me. I don't know why but my fascination with weather does NOT extend towards tornadoes. We had a small one last year about 10 km from our place - S called me to the back door to see the funnel cloud hit the ground and I promptly took shelter in the wine cellar (not a bad place to be in case of disaster if I do say so myself).

And today we've been under tornado warning since about 2 p.m. You know when you go to the zoo and the tiger is pacing back and forth in front of it's cage watching you? That's me in front of the windows at work this afternoon and now at home.

That's our view at about 6:30 from our back deck. The clouds are very dark and swirly - my stomach is equally as swirly and I'm warily watching the clouds blow around. S even plied me with some Pinot Noir in the hopes that I will just "relax". Yep......not relaxed (although the Pinot was very nice).

So dinner turned into a simple pasta dish. I contemplated driving to the grocery store in town (16 km away), but open prairies + tornado + me in my vehicle = not going to happen. So we improvised with a borrowed lemon from the neighbor wife (thank you!) and some things in the fridge. This was a simple, not extraordinary pasta dish. But for a comfort bowl of pasta, you really can't go wrong.

You can find the original recipe HERE.

As for the kitchen, we're humming along. Cabinets are down and we set about choosing a paint colour. The ugly green is the colour of our main floor right now. The colour on the left - Cliffside. The colour on the right - Hiking Trail. We're leaning towards the Cliffside one - a little bit more grey than brown. Thoughts?