Not much going on Sandy-wise here. It got a little breezy for a while last night, and it rained a bit (but not too awful much), and now things are damp, but calm (as far as I can tell – it’s still quite dark out). They say that the hills around here broke up the wind and rain, so we were spared. New York City wasn’t so fortunate, I’m afraid, as they were swamped by a record 13-foot storm surge that left most of the place in the dark. Good luck to everybody down there – especially Sue and her hubby. I reckon it might be a couple of days before we hear from Red Hook. Good luck.

Well, I guess I spoke too soon. As I attempted to leave the house this morning, I found a tree down across the driveway. Too heavy to pull out of the way, but fortunately we could drive around it on the lawn (good thing it isn’t winter with a five-foot high snow bank). I guess I’ll have to get the chain saw out when I get home. It was too dark too see if there was any other damage, but I guess I’ll need to walk the fence line to make sure there’s no way for the varmints to escape.

Oh well, at least we have power.