October Storm

After a freak snow storm (~6.5 inches) last Friday night, we spent Saturday celebrating the first snow and the lack of damage to our our house ... until later in the day. The casualties, apart from the power which went out on Saturday and didn't come back on until Tuesday night, were that our tree that was splintered from Hurricane Irene last month took a beating and lost another massive branch, blocking the road and just missing a neighbor’s truck. Scary! Evidentally, since the trees still had most of their leaves and the sap had not yet drained to the roots, there were more tree limbs that fell during this storm.  Even now, a week later, the town looks like a tornado ran through it and some roads are still closed.  In our case, we were lucky that the tree didn't take out the power line like last time,  however one of the cables (phone or TV, who knows?) did fall due to the weight of the snow.  The fire department came out and simply cut it. Lastly, a branch from a backyard tree broke-off -- again, no added casualties just less shade in the summer.  On Monday, Alma and I headed a day early for a planned trip to visit our friends Pat, Carrie and their little baby in Virginia. Joshua had to stick around due to work.

We are hoping that this was not the beginning of a very long winter.

Eating the snow

Fallen Tree

Crafting in a chilly house on Sunday