August 21, 2006

  • Sun’s Out and Phones Aren’t

    Yesterday afternoon, our phone service (and internet connection) went
    down, undoubtedly due to the flooding.  After about eighteen
    hours, it was up again.  But before that happened, the sun was
    shining brightly in a nearly cloudless sky.  That hadn’t happened
    yet in August, so I’m pleased to see it.  It’s not an unmixed
    blessing, of course.  Now there is work to be done on the roof,
    cleaning the stovepipe, and sometime in the next few days we have to go
    to the spring for water. 

    This morning, after checking the phone (dead still) and having
    breakfast, I walked out to capture some images of what remains of
    summer here.  Nights will be getting cold now that the cloud cover
    is gone, and some of the leaves have already turned color and
    fallen.  The water level in the muskeg is even higher than it was
    when I took the last set of pictures.  I tried and failed to get
    shots that would show that.  Here is what I did get:

    Out on the muskeg, a white-haired woman in hip boots was picking
    blueberries.  She asked me if I’d seen any bears around here, had
    me turn off the headlights on her truck to save her wading back to the
    road, and said the rain had knocked most of the berries off the bushes,
    and many others were under water.

Comments (3)

  • Hope you didn’t overdo, as you are wont to do, and are feeling ok today.

  • I can look at those skies the all day.

  • I love the pics!  I’m glad you’re able to get out and about some.  Tennessee winters are dark and cold enough to really send me into a major funk.  I can’t imagine living through a REAL winter lol.  It’s still the hottest part of summer here.  Thank goodness we have finally been getting some rain! 

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