Beggar's Night!
Grandad took VT*Grand to the local general store for maple syrup.
The shop sports a taxidermied bobcat atop the Frozens case. VT*Grand was impressed!
When they got here afterwards, she came in and exclaimed: "Grammie! We saw a bombcat!"
But here's something even scarier than a bobcat! A moldy book! Run! Run!
One of our Library patrons saw someone throw away a book outside the convenience store near the Library. She went over and looked at it. It was a Library book! Moreover it was soaking wet!
So she brought it to us and we looked up who had it checked out.
We then placed the wet book into a large ziplock bag until the patron who threw it out came by.
We left a message on their phone, but they haven't come, and the book was getting Ripe!
So I took this photo of it, and we threw it away! =Whew!=
So I took this photo of it, and we threw it away! =Whew!=
Dean's first!
ReplyDeleteBut one must respect Mother Nature. Hope Vermont doesn't get clobbered again so soon.
--Alan
A slide show of incredible interior spaces in London
ReplyDeleteAnd having completed a job, now to bed.
--alan
Really enjoyed that slide show. Thanks, Alan
DeleteAn acquaintance in the Catskills who nearly got flooded out by Irene says Sandy doesn't look as dangerous for them. Fingers crossed, listener.
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Hi Alan,
DeleteWe got lucky again here in NW VT. Our power flickered once, and we had strong winds, but nothing higher than 50-55mph, I think. A neighbour two houses over lost a White Pine so we were super lucky. Part of the interstate, from our exit to the next one down, and the one parallel road got closed for while last night due to power lines down.
That's it.
Nothing like what the folks along the coast were deluged with.
My brother in Needham, MA had an attic window blow out around 3pm yesterday, and I imagine there was terrible crashing of surf on the seashore of Cape Cod.
Waiting to hear from my sister-in-law on Nantucket.
I'm so sad that Cape May got clobbered (the eye passed there) and that the wonderful tall ship The Bounty sank off the cost of NC, with loss of life. It seems these "Perfect Storms" always take a boat with them. :-(
Just feeling sad today.
They said on tonight's news that the captain was still missing. Brave man.
DeleteBrave man, to be sure. Apparently not much of a weather watcher, though. They were trying to get to a gig in Florida. What if they had simply rescheduled?
DeleteCurrent projections on wunderground.com are that Sandy is likely to go around Massachusetts and skirt Vermont.
ReplyDelete--Alan
* while last night = awhile last night
ReplyDeleteForgot to add that my son saw a flock of geese flying NORTH at sunset last night.
ReplyDeleteThe predicted winds finally arrived sometime in the late night, but I don't think even the gusts were anywhere near 60 mph. Only an off-and-on breeze by now.
ReplyDeleteSaw a video of the lakefront. Waves mostly 4-5 feet, although there was an occasional big breaker when two waves collided.
My overall impression is that while Sandy was a major storm by any criterion, it was not as extreme as the media hype had suggested.
I agree, Bill, but my guess is that the folks in NYC and on the Jersey shore would emphatically not agree. And forty deaths are attributed to the storm.
Delete48 deaths now, in the USA alone. Add in the 65 deaths prior to Sandy's arrival in this country and the total is 113 so far. :-(
DeleteIt wasn't hype. The storm's track was pretty much exactly what was predicted. Given that it was a kind of storm no one had ever experienced before, I'd say they did great! I'm not sorry the storm's speed changed how much wind I got, because I got less than expected. I'm just sorry it took some officials until Sunday to get the word out!
For example, I wonder if more people in NYC would have evacuated. I wonder if the captain of The Bounty would have made a different decision if he'd had information sooner.
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ReplyDeleteI lit a second candle for my cousin Linda, as the first was starting to "burn down". Linda was hoping to come home from the hospital today, but her blood pressure is high, so they are changing her meds and monitoring her for another day. But hopefully she will be able to come home mid-day tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHer sisters have both said that they are really touched by the sentiment of the candle page and that Linda will love it.
I lit two more, Renee. ♥
DeletePolitical analysts have failed to consider that Mercury goes into retrograde at 7 p.m. Eastern on election night.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Sandy slide show from The Atlantic magazine. (Hint: Choose 1024px for faster loading.) Get a load of slide no. 53--a lighthouse on Lake Erie.
Satellite image--Sandy covering the area from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
--Alan
Good to know that Obama is covered.
ReplyDelete"It might even look like [Romney] will or could win. He may even lead in the poles. But on the day of the election Obama has enough of an astrological edge to beat out Romney,"
Romney may win in the North Pole and Antarctica, but those of us in the middle latitudes will apparently carry the day.
Amazing photos, Alan. Such terrible destruction. I was so moved by photos 20, 23, 26, 35, and 40 and more. So sad about the deer. It makes you wonder about all the creatures, from birds to deer to bears and all. At least it looks like the Chincoteaque ponies came through okay...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/chincoteague-ponies-thought-to-be-safe-though-island-took-a-beating-in-hurricane/2012/10/30/34ee98bc-22e0-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html
That photo of the beached tanker on the shores of Staten Island is rivetting!
DeleteSo, did that satellite image of Sandy leave you feeling at all left out, Alan?
ReplyDeleteBTW, 7pm Eastern is when we start counting the vote!
ReplyDeleteOnly...I don't get to count it this time, nor to even work at the polls. Turns out you can't work at the polls when you're on the ballot in a contested race. Duh. =Sigh=
But I was invited by our Town Clerk to come by and watch the vote be counted, and see the results. :-)
No one has heard today (Tuesday) from our English friend who was stranded in NJ. His name is Nigel Clarke. Please extend prayers, Light, etc. to him and his wife Michelle back home in England.
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