Hi everyone!
We had a very interesting Christmas season this year. An ice storm hit our area very hard which resulted in our a dramatic change to our holiday plans - our power was out for 4 days! FOUR DAYS!!!!
Sadly, we lost a bunch of very large branches on some of our favourite shade trees. One tree in particular will have to be taken down in the Spring for sure. At night it was so quiet, all you could hear was the crackling ice and the 'whoosh' of falling branches everywhere. Thankfully, we have a couple of wood burning fireplaces that provided us with some heat. The inside temperature bottomed out at 43F (that's 6C!). No running water, no electricity, no phone, no internet, no cable. The kicker is that our sump pump decided to quit right before the power went off - so we had a flooded basement to boot! We bailed and bailed. Large generators were sold out everywhere. We finally got our hands on one - the day the power came back on - December 24. We are lucky as there are many closer to our little community that still are sitting in the dark.
Anyhow, this photo was *supposed* to be posted days ago... but, better late than never!
We had a very interesting Christmas season this year. An ice storm hit our area very hard which resulted in our a dramatic change to our holiday plans - our power was out for 4 days! FOUR DAYS!!!!
Sadly, we lost a bunch of very large branches on some of our favourite shade trees. One tree in particular will have to be taken down in the Spring for sure. At night it was so quiet, all you could hear was the crackling ice and the 'whoosh' of falling branches everywhere. Thankfully, we have a couple of wood burning fireplaces that provided us with some heat. The inside temperature bottomed out at 43F (that's 6C!). No running water, no electricity, no phone, no internet, no cable. The kicker is that our sump pump decided to quit right before the power went off - so we had a flooded basement to boot! We bailed and bailed. Large generators were sold out everywhere. We finally got our hands on one - the day the power came back on - December 24. We are lucky as there are many closer to our little community that still are sitting in the dark.
Anyhow, this photo was *supposed* to be posted days ago... but, better late than never!
From our family to yours...
Merry Christmas and a very happy and New Year!!!
Merry Christmas and a very happy and New Year!!!
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