I woke to the sound of howling wind. I also could hear my puppy whimpering, nervous from the sounds. Storms in these parts do not seem rare...and it felt like we were about to get a winter storm...
The first storm I experienced in this area, I will never forget. It was the end of August...
From my window, in the dark night, as the numerous lightening strikes brightened the sky, the trees could be seen tossing their branches violently. At first, it was really neat to see ....All my children ran to the window in my room to watch the storm. Even my sister-in-law and her children came to see the view from my window. My room, being on the third floor, has spectacular views of the surrounding countryside...They pinned their little faces to the windows and watched in delight...but then the wind got more violent, and took on a new sound...a sound in the south that I was taught to liken to a possible tornado...(hmm, third floor is not as nice any more)...and the lightening seemed to be right on top of us....I told the kids to step away from the windows...and was contemplating making everyone even go down one more level...when my sister in law exclaimed, "Wow! you have a bird in here!" I did not see what she saw, but I knew it was not a bird, out on this dark stormy night. I looked at her at shook my head, and said, "No, there is no bird in here, " She excitedly said, " Really, I just saw it." Again, I shook my head and explained that I was sure it could not be a bird. ( Do you know what it was?) If you guessed a kind of flying mammal, you are correct. Alright, kids away from the window...we have to catch that bat. We did try...but it was tricky. So we ended up locking it up in my family room and sticking a sign on the door..."BAT. Do not enter." (We are very brave, aren't we) Then of course...we lost power...(at least we had pinned up that bat)....
So back to today....with these images still vivid in my mind...I began to wonder what kind of day we would have...
but to my surprise...when I woke up...we had blue skies ( well...maybe a more grayish blue...but close enough).
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| a view from our window (this picture is for my mom) |
The day had actually turned out to be nice. All the children put on thier jackets and we decided to go on a walk...thinking maybe we are going to have an early spring yet. My children were so excited in the beautiful weather...we went down new paths...and through more fields...
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| exploring a new possible fort |
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| a cool fence in a feild ( a picture for the Cussons ) |
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| Down by the lake.... |
Later that day... I hear..."Mom, there is a snow storm!" and "Mom, do you know how to start the generator if we loose power?!"
I thought no way....
I calmly went to the window....
And you know what....
Thanks for the great photos. Michel could not recognize "the fort." But he remembers the corner fencing.
ReplyDeleteI laughed very hard about the bat. I remember very well the "Clearstone wind storms" and bats.