This weekend was the first of many a snowfall that will grace our dear state. Oh we've had flurries before now but nothing that has stayed on the ground or warraunted a snowplow to grace the streets. Our kids proclaimed it "A Winter Wonderland." I told my Beloved that thought will hold true until the year that they are enlisted to clear the drive way off. : )
Both my Beloved and I have gotten a kick out of the fact that our state now names storms coming as if they were hurricanes. I am not sure if they decided we were lonesome for some personalization to the weather systems or if we have name envy from seeing those ocean side states name their weather systems. Who knows?
We had been anticpating this storm for a few days and knew it was going to be a good one. What we hadn't expected was to see fireworks outside our window in the middle of the night. Oh, not literal fireworks, but there was diffintely some glowing and sparking of electrical lines.
We are always a little weary of the electrical lines because we have some trees that hang close to our line. We've had our line ripped off the side of the house during a similar winter storm by these trees so our weariness is not without merit. Both my Beloved and I went to bed fairly sure we would lose power at some point. When we were awakend to a loud buzzing and a click I simply said, "There it goes." I really thought nothing of the noise. (My curiosity is not easily peeked in the middle of the night.) My Beloved jumped out of bed to look out the window and the noise came again and would you believe the electrical line coming into the house was glowing? I was near another window and noticed some bright light from that direction. We aren't too far away from some more substantial lines and it turns out the sparking and bright light was a transformer going just down the hill. Not sure if the current jumped to our line (closest to transformer line) and that was the result of our line glowing or what. Craziness.
Long story short Beloved called the power company and grabbed the ladies attention with the glowing and bright light info. Two very short hours after we lost power it was back on again...in the middle of a fierce storm.
I've got my eye on that electrical line. I'll be stepping smart whenever I need to pass under it. It better be on its best behavior from here on out....or else. : )
And the thankfulness goes on....
# 113-124
- beautiful Christmas lights
- holiday baking has begun
- beautiful, crisp fallen snow
- a working snow blower (& a man who loves to use it!)
- power only out 2 hours
- the electrical line didn't start on fire or cause damage to the house
- no trees took out our line : )
- nephew ok after seizure last week
- getting to see the sweet faces of some dear family and friends through their Christmas cards
- warm cups of tea (fighting a cold just now)
- kids enjoying and looking forward to Jesse Tree Devotional
- wonderful reading books to go along with era we are studying in history
1 comments:
Thank you for the sweet note you left. I almost didn't see it because the comments rarely make it to my e-mail box anymore. Don't know why. It was so sweet of you and helped me a great deal.
That power line experience sounds so scary! They come around here every year and cut down trees into ugly shapes to keep them away from the power lines. We never even know when they're coming and the city picks up the bill and takes away all the branches. It is a blessing.
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