The morning started out early as all of Hwy. #4 traffic is coming past our home for a time due to detours. Jake brakes on the semis are noisy. We were both up and at it by seven this morning. After several cups of coffee I noticed even our neighbor to the south was up and picking up branches from the strong winds we endured throughout the night. Once I noticed he had his fire pit going with a roaring fire, I began picking up our light weight branches to keep the fire going. That went on until almost eleven this forenoon before I was up against the limbs that would need a chainsaw. I didn’t realize how chilly the air was until I quit moving and then I felt chilled to the bone. It was close to a 50 degree difference from yesterday afternoon.
We had company for noon lunch and the good visiting lasted until 4:30 this afternoon when we bid each other goodbye until the next time. A great day that I thought couldn’t have anything else fit into it. Dennis then mentioned that we would be having company tomorrow.
I am sure I will barely be out of bed tomorrow morning when I will be hearing Dennis’ son-on-law’s chainsaw tackling the larger limbs of the Maple tree. If the strong winds had been continuous yesterday it would have done less damage than when the additional gusts of winds would hit. By tomorrow at this time all will be taken care of and the mowing of the acre will be smooth sailing with no branches to run over and raise cane with the mower’s blades. That may be happening on Saturday.