Blue-Footed Musings

Isaias turned out to be a strange storm. Mostly it hit us with wind, but for a little while we had slashing rain interspersed with periods of sunlight, creating an on-again, off-again rainbow.

Just when it seemed the storm was about to hit hard, it fizzled. The clouds were still flying by at high speed, but between them was calm blue sky. What a relief.

That doesn’t mean the storm didn’t do any damage. Our power was out for the better part of a day. As I mentioned yesterday, a falling limb hit the back of our house, causing some minor damage. The picture below shows what our driveway looked like this morning.

Livia and I used the larger fallen branches as brooms and cleared a lane for walking and biking. I would have swept the entire driveway except that I could hear my husband say, “Why’d you do that? What a waste of time! I could have cleared it in five minutes with my leaf blower.” So I left it for him to clear, because he deserves it after having said that to me in my imaginary conversation with him. Marshall helped us a little bit, but he had the nerve to say, “You know what would work better? A real broom or something.” (The acorn does not fall far from the tree! 😉 ).

Speaking of acorns, you can’t really tell from the picture, but the driveway was covered with them. Fallen acorns are a nuisance, but I don’t mind, at least not this year. I’m just happy that the oaks are well enough to make acorns. This is the first time in years that they’ve made a noticeable quantity. The squirrels will be dancing for joy. Unfortunately, so will the ticks, because along with deer and mice, they’re part of a cycle that takes off every time there’s a bumper crop of acorns. But, there will always be ticks, and I guess that’s OK as long as there will also always be oaks.