The Ice Storm Cameth

From Thursday through Friday morning we had non-stop ice rain fail on southeran and central New Hampshire, creating an entirely new - beautiful and dangerous world.
The weight of ice have overburdened limbs and lines which have crashed down on roads, driveways, houses and cars. Yesterday there were over 400,000 people in NH without power...today PSNH says it is now around 318,000.
I was home anyway to work yesterday, but without proper computer access I got little done and instead spent the day making sure the fire didn't go out, hauling wood, keeping the kitchen and bathroom reasonably clean with our limited water resources.
Lindley was able to go out and get more supplies in a nearby town with power. It was an obstacle course getting from here to there and back again.
Yesterday when we were outside we kept hearing crashing sounds as limbs and ice fell. The powerline from our telephone pole to the house is down so we walk gingerly around it to get our wood and water.
This experience teaches us good skills for surving in situations where we don't have access to the creature comforts we are all used to. Are we ready for the task?

Sparkles

I tried to post on Nov. 23, before Thanksgiving, but the browser was giving me trouble. So I am doing an old and new post. November days have drifted towards winter into December. When we wake up in the morning everything is glistening with frost. It sparkles up the otherwise montones of the landscape. Princess pine is flourishing and here and there a frozen leaf of unidentified green. Just a little over two weeks until the Solstice...counting the days.
We had a light snow at the beginning of the week and a coyote left her tracks straight up the driveway.

From November 23rd:

We return from warmer climes back to the pond. Someone took our Beatitude Pond sign in our absence or the wind carried it away. In case, it is nowhere to be seen. Should we put a new one up and have a second blessing?

Since our return on Nov. 18th, it is has been unseasonably cold. We are already packing ourselves into our hats, multiple layers, mittens, heavy socks, long underwear etc…items we thought we wouldn’t have to wear until December. Slowly we are acclimating to the new temperatures.

Today, I picked a winter bouquet….grasses, goldenrod gone white, along with the joe pie weed….variations on beige and brown. Earth tones.

Lindley said he prefers the snow, it makes the landscape look more dressed up. There has been snow, but just a dusting here and there in the crisp air.