This is a GIF that I made of the rattling trees and
whisking clouds early this afternoon. This has nothing to do with the hurricane
winds yet…but rather the two other low pressure systems crossing us now…which
will crash into and join the hurricane somewhere south of us. Once it joins
with Sandy, it will be hurled back into our face tomorrow morning sometime…..worsening
all day long I guess.Below is another a little later..
We all get worked up over the forecast of the coming storm. And why not? It was just a bit more than a year ago that we sat comfortably awaiting a weekend of rain...left overs, if you will, of hurricane Irene. It wasn't going to be much out of the ordinary...just a day or two of rain, heavy at times, but simply rain. We expected to see a little flooding in the low areas, as usual, but not anything much out of the ordinary. WOW... were we in for a disastrous surprise that none of us would get over very soon. flooded basements, houses and towns washed completely away and tens of millions of dollars damage. We still have roads and bridges that remain closed.
Now with all this in mind, why would we let ourselves be upset, showing just a little anxiety over what is coming right at us this time....a mere 160 miles from the ocean, when Irene was coming from the gulf coast across all those states in between.
Here we have Gladys and Doodles milling around in the dry
confines of the bunny brothel. You see dinky and another of the Peking ducks
looking on. They seem quite content to ride this storm out in the building,
unlike most wild Canadian geese. Pretty smart I think. A group of eight other
Canadian geese still come almost every day to sit with Gladys when she is
outside. It’s funny…they seem to fly over to check if Gladys is still here and
she beckons to them and they answer, then come in for their landing…chattering
and honking, to stay the day or maybe only an hour before bidding her adieu and
they’re off for parts unknown. It’s simply amazing how they stick by one
another, checking on her every day…and her mate sits very close beside her even
if the rest leave. He sometimes comes and stays a day or two with her before
leaving.
Now here’s a picture for prosperity… Every day that I enter
the hen house and go for eggs, these two are snug as a bug in a rug with each
other in a nesting box. It is true that there is strength in numbers, because
they make it hard to get the eggs from beneath them without a bloody hand. They
are content to sit there all day long like this if undisturbed…...
The gang is locked in today to protect them from the
miserable elements and the driving rain. We will also hold them all day
tomorrow so none of them are in the windy conditions, have lots of food and
clean water and a dry place to cuddle up and hunker down while this hurricane
blows over.
Now this is about the cuddliest looking place in the barn. Every
one of the boys are enjoying the quiet, dry conditions here… ALMOST like a
comfy bedroom, except they have lots of clean dry hay…lots of water and music
on the radio. Now what more could you want? Judging by these guys……nothing!
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