Sandy and I survived Sandy. Lost power from about 9pm to 6am, slept in the basement for fear of the house being blown away (or bashed by the nearest oak tree). Outside things are quite wet and a little battered . . .
. . . but doggone, I need to get out with the chain saw to fix the back fence before the next time the dogs need to go out.
Hurricane Sandy weather statistics from near Heflin Road, a couple of miles from our house:
Autumn
Dilwyn was here!
October 19th we visited Mount Vernon (but did not take the river cruise), then walked the South Valley Trail in Prince William Forest.
Dilwyn tried to fit in, even wore his half-marathon shirt, but after breakfast had to leave us for a long drive to South Carolina. We went south too. Erin was in Fredericksburg for the annual alumnae game at the University of Mary Washington. She had a ball. They won.
Tomato harvest completed
Columbus Day yesterday, a Monday holiday for the federal government and a few lucky others. We pulled out the tomato plants, pruned the forsythia, and grubbed up three or four heavy bagfuls of wild mushrooms from the new patio garden. Sandy made pumpkin muffins from the new church cookbook, but they’re not lasting well.
A detour on the trip to Lynchburg
Stopped here Friday afternoon about 7 miles north of Lovingston hoping to get a few quick snaps of the slabs I’d hoped to find in the Dameron Family Graveyard (on behalf of Findagrave.com.) But as I couldn’t find it, I will have to pass that assignment on to somebody else with time and energy to identify the location of the cemetery.
Autumnal Equinox
Enjoying the afternoon sun on the last day of summer.
Near Thurmont, Maryland
View today from the Shamrock Restaurant, on Route 15 between Thurmont and Gettysburg, a good place to stop for lunch between Stafford and Harrisburg. Draught Guinness on tap.
Last afternoon of daylight savings time
The Cherokee Princess dogwood about 3pm on Guy Fawkes Night.
A table for two
Front lawn by day
Automated slideshow of about a dozen shots, Oct 22 and 24, about 5pm both days. Scroll down a bit to see the whole frame. Rapidly left-click the picture to speed things up.
Election officials Nov 2nd
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Almost 16 hours on the job: Bob, me, Amy, Jim, Judy, Chris, Paulette, and Linda, after we’d said goodbye to the last voter and tabulated and reported 1,687 ballots. |