HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY, VIRGINIA! WE HOPE YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY!
Day 144 – The heavy rain continued, the temperature didn’t drop during the night. 58 degrees at 7 a.m. We’re trying to figure out whether we should leave before the heavy winds arrive, not to go home yet because we don’t have time to pack everything up, drain the hoses & pipes, etc., but to go somewhere with less trees for the night & tomorrow.
Day 143 – It rained steadily all day. A little windy, the worst of the wind is supposed to be tomorrow night. It’s forecasted to have heavier sustained winds than the last storm that brought down a couple of trees. Oh, goody. 48 degrees at 7:30 this morning; a high of 57 degrees today.
Day 142 – Rain last night, the low was 41 degrees. By 8:30 this morning, it was 50 degrees, sunny & breezy. Rob had his coffee at the Harbor View pad. Today may reach 55 degrees. I figured we may not get a warmer day here this season, so I took my coffee out & sat at the new pad with him. My hands got cold, but otherwise it was great. I am continually amazed at what he’s created. Next, he says, is a pathway from the pad to the lowest point on the cliff, then stairs down to the water. That will have to be next year, though.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GAYLE. WE HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY!
Day 140 – We looked at the blog this morning to see what we were doing a year ago today. Turned out it was one of our favorite days ever. The California Redwoods. And we thought the trees here were large! Back in Maine, 43 degrees at 8:15 this morning, cloudy & wet from last night’s rain.
Day 139 – Cloudy, 44 degrees, a little wind at 8 a.m. this morning. Rob sat out with his coffee at the new Harbor View pad. He saw three Buffleheads & the Kingfisher. It was nice that it wasn’t so cold & windy this morning. A warming trend would be nice.
Day 138 – We were nervous during the night about the wind & the potential for trees to come down. It’s pitch black at night unless it’s clear out with a full moon. The forecast was for 25 MPH sustained winds with gusts to 50 MPH. I woke up around 1 a.m. The wind was howling & it was raining hard. The power hadn’t come back up. We were getting heat from propane, so the lack of electricity was not an issue in that respect, but the kitties had lost their warm electric pads & were awake and unhappy. Except for Luna who was asleep under the covers.
Day 137 – 29 degrees this morning, cloudy, no wind yet. There’s suppposedly a Nor’Easter headed our way, hitting home in NY with very heavy wind & rain, then eventually moving on to us here. Thank you, Carol & Willie, for the weather updates! Here on the coast we should get rain & wind, not snow. But most of northern interior Maine may see snow.
Day 136 – Clear sky, sunny, 30 degrees at 8 a.m. A low of 27 degrees last night. The wind increased during the day. With the sun shining, it didn’t look cold at all – until you stepped out the door! Rob brought the pumpkin we’d bought indoors so it would thaw out enough that we could carve it.
Day 135 – Rain, wind & light snow last night, low of 31 degrees. We didn’t even know it had snowed until we got to the head of our driveway this morning at 9:30 & saw the snow on the ground. Today was Machias day for food & laundry.
