Burning Candles

When the lights were out I found some candles to burn.  I really enjoyed sitting still and watching the light dance off the walls after it got dark outside.  Both nights the power was out I think I sat still for about an hour and a half. For me that's a long time.

A New Plant

My friend Yuli gave me this nice plant today. I love it and put it next to our other plant. I don't think we've ever had two plants at once.

Nasty Storm of June 2013 - 6

On the porch making a toast to the return of electricity.  I'll never take it for granted again.

Nasty Storm of June 2013 - 5

Was so happy when the power came on!

Nasty Storm of June 2013 - 4

I'm taking a graduate level course this summer as part of a licensure program. I was not able to access the computer due to the power outage. Our neighbor Mark was kind enough to let me use his generator so that I could get the computer up and running. What a guy!  We were without power for 48 hours. The other side of the street got theirs back the day before.

Nasty Storm of June 2013 - 3

Deb's tree fell on our garage. She felt awful despite my trying to convince her that it wasn't her fault. I told her that if she had been trying to chop it down and wasn't paying attention to which way it might fall and it landed on our garage, I'd be mad but that she didn't do this. Oh, Deb!

Nasty Storm of June 2013 - 2

Photo from basement while waiting out storm.

Nasty Storm of June 2013 - 1

Experienced a particularly nasty summer storm on Friday June 21. Was standing on the porch when I saw this tree fall.  Figured it was probably a good time for me and Athena to head down to the basement.  We also ended up losing power (not due to this tree). The energy company reported that around a quarter of a million people were without electricity due to this storm - the largest number ever.  Is this an isolated incident or a sign of things to come related to climate change?

Cocktails on the Porch

Dale's on the Island and although I'm on summer break there's still too much to do around this place to keep up with keeping it up. Thankfully I'm not too busy for a cocktail on the front porch.

Dandelions

The yard is running rampant with dandelions so I decided to put a few of them to good use.  The ones you see here are decorating the porch.  How very Martha Stewart of me.  I've always loved dandelions and feel bad they have such a bad reputation...