We had a storm here Friday night, a big wind storm. We even had a tornado watch to match it, which unnerved me a bit. I grew up in tornado country so that sort of thing frightens me. The wind lasted all night and sounded like a train coming through, which is what a tornado sounds like (so I've been told). We didn't have a tornado, thankfully but we had massive trees blow down, lots of lasting power outages and were without phone service for a couple of days. That meant no Internet. WHAT???? I'm too dependent on Internet means of communication so it was hard for me and for those who expect to hear from me electronically on a regular basis. There was no regular basis but by Sunday night all was swell. Today we're having a gorgeous sunny day with temps in the 50's. The air is still cool but it's pretty out there. We have no leaves on trees or bushes yet but the maples are blooming (ah-choo). That's great progress.
The biggest progress to report is ICE OUT! That happened Saturday afternoon, May 5th. A tad late but not the latest ever. It went out pretty quickly. One of my friends at the foot of the lake says that it must have been a violent ice-out because there are ice blocks on his lawn going down to the water. That's pretty amazing.
I've been busy--that seems to be my normal state these days. I went to the thrift store to work on Saturday but there was no power so I got the day off. That was a treat. I had dinner with friends and watched the Derby, walked the bog with a friend in the morning yesterday--the purple trillium is just coming up there. We may have a change of season after all. My daffodils are blooming like champions and look great. I went pansy shopping with a friend on Saturday, got my annual pot o'pansies planted and on the deck.
This morning I went to the dump then to Plattsburgh to run some errands. I should take my mother's package to the post office this afternoon but do I feel like driving even more today? Unknown.
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