There was no rain in the forecast for the whole week. Ha! We had the gutters cleaned. We are weeding and planting things.
Ahhhh Summertime (and the livin’ is easy)!
Good friends arrived one night as an unforecasted storm blew in. And while we were talking and solving the problems of the world, our lights went off and on and then off again.
No problem.
Only a little storm.
Even Elsa-the-dog was not intimidated.
And as we predicted, the storm subsided.
Off we all went to the Pink Cadillac for dinner, an old fashioned 1950’s style diner that was bustling as always. We placed our orders and kept on talking.
Until the lights went out.
It’s hard to make a point
or conversation with
unfamiliar faces in the dark.
“Who ARE these people?” I wondered.
“They could be strangers I am talking to.”
At home again, the electricity was still missing.
Usually the eternal optomist, Bill was becoming negative and frustrated about the power outage.
And usually the eternal pessimist, I was beginning to see a bit of humor in the situation.
Hmmmm. I wonder if traditional personality traits can get switched with age.
But I suppose it was easy for me to stay mellow when Bill was in charge of our survival up and down stairs to monitor the generator.
Then darkness descended and another friend drove up to our house in a panic.
“Help!” she cried. My road is blocked by a fallen tree! Do you have a chain saw?”
She was stuck, couldn’t get home, and at the same time, so were our dinner friends.
It took two men, two chain saws, and a big tractor to clear a “huge” tree from the road.
And of course Bill was Man #2 with Chain Saw #2. And about two hours later he came home craving water and rest. My hero!
And Hurrah! The road was cleared.
We are expecting visitors in
the coming weeks of summer.
Hopefully anyone who arrives will not wind up sitting in the dark.
Let there be many joyful adventures but clear roads!
And may I please know who I am talking to (and what I am eating) at the dinner table.
Maybe break out the candelabra for the dinner table just in case.
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This one cracked me up Dor. We had a related experience last week. So hot here that with everyone running AC we had a power surge hit our electrical box. Altho the lights only dimmed for a moment it affected our modem so our internet and phones all went out and wouldn’t come back. ATT came 2 days later and replaced it but then every internet-based thing in the house had to be updated. Our TVs, our Alexas, our Sonos, our computers and mobile phones, our printer – it was crazy when I realized how much STUFF relies on it these days 😱. Anyway, glad all’s back to normal. Here’s hoping these are the worst things we have to face this summer!!
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When my sister got blocked in her driveway by fallen trees after a hurricane, she said she followed the sound of chainsaws. Since she was a doctor, the chainsaw men were nice enough to cut the trees and clear a path for her to reach the hospital. We salute Bill and chainsaw men everywhere!
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Your story beats mine. I found humor in your story (especially since you didn’t have to cut up the tree!). We cleaned all our windows yesterday only to have a storm come through at night. They were spotless for 6 hours! No one had to sit in the dark or got stranded so we are good.
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Just think…there are actually restaurants where you pay to eat in the dark, or with blindfolds
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Ahhh, country living at its best! 😉
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Good idea – adds romance to adventure! 🙂
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Phew! Life without electricity in the summer is not for the weak of heart. And yes, isn’t it amazing how much we rely upon it for literal survival? My next push will be for an automatic whole house generator!
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Hahaha! I will relate your salute to chainsaw men to Bill and our friend, Pete, who had to cut the big tree in pieces in order to push it off the road..
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Actually they did have to cut the tree into pieces. I didn’t see it but they say it was “enormous” so cutting was no easy task. Nothing like excitement in the country. 🙂
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I actually thought of that LA! We could have turned it into a money making operation – Dining in the Dark – like they have restaurants that do that in New York. 🙂
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Only to be expected! 🙂
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We tried that. Kept breaking down, never working when we needed it. Turns out the local wild critters loved to nest in it!!!
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Your humor is fantastic, Dor. What a post! You’d know John and me in the dark by our accents — the Northern clip and the Southern drawl.
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Crazy weather in the country makes for power outages and those can make US crazy. As always, my friend, you attack everything with humor and I love that!
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Oh dear. Glad the electricity got sorted ❤
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Really funny! Except, sometimes, when you’re living through it… 🙂
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And we have definitely had the crazy weather around here! Grinning and bearing it seems to be the only solution. 🙂
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Haha! I’m glad we have some friends we would recognize in the dark! 🙂
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I am pushing now for an automatic generator that will just go on by itself (like magic) with a power outage.
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Let there be light 😉
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Don’t forget surge protection Dor- that’s what got me 😡😡
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You are onto something Tina! We lost our water softener and our dishwasher this time.
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