Weathering the Storm

We harvested the fruits of our labor

and made a delicious sauce for pizza or pasta!

a big branch came down at our neighbors

after the worst of it we went down to the beach to see what had come ashore

sand + wind = painful

down the beach a bunch of teens braved the stormy seas...

wee birds took the wind face on on the beach

July Flooding

Compared to neighbors around Quincy and other towns in the Boston area, we fared pretty well in the storms early this summer, but we still got a little water in the basement, and some ponding in the backyard.

Our man-made pond:

Where it leaks in the basement...luckily it dries quickly. This is about as bad as it got, but within a day or two it's dry again.

Stormy Weather

from the back door-

Festivity Preparation

The Tree Hunt - after going to one tree farm where they cone-cut every tree, no matter what species it was, we went to a farm that only grew Fraser Fir- and did not shape them.

The tree farm had a collection of many old bird nests that had been found in their trees.

Back in Quincy, everyone had put up lights. It is a well lit city during the holidays. These decorations are a vintage example from a house in the neigborhood...only a few of the many.

The tree went right up and just barely fit!

The lights are flicker free LEDs.