A few words to keep the ball rolling....

Not quite the return I was anticipating but life does that, right?
We were hit with the storms that you may have heard caused worse chaos in and around Ottawa this weekend. On Friday shortly after I sent my "arrived home" email, the storm came through bringing very intense strong winds the like we have not seen. As it happened the top of our highest pine tree broke off landing partially on the roof and suspended on other obstacles on the ground - about thirty or forty feet I estimate with about 10 feet on the roof. No apparent roof damage but its there. At the same time another just as large branch broke off falling the opposite way suspended by other trees branches until falling further to the ground but still caught halfway up the tree. Frightening. Then as it always does the power went out. We did not get power back until yesterday ( Sat) afternoon. In the morning we tried to tidy the yard of fallen branches and twigs and leaves - what a mess. And we were not the only ones as around town many trees down and some roads closed because of obstruction. I went up to the little store on the corner around 9;30 am to see if the coffee pot was on because I knew he had generators working to keep his store going. It was a hoot as there were three other men standing around the coffee machine as the owner tried to get it going. One man had brought a jug of water in from home, and the pot was connected to a smaller generator thumping away outside the door. He pressed the on button but nothing happened. He figures the commercial machine was too powerful for the amount of electricity it was getting from the small generator. But in a way it was fun to be standing there with these others anxiously waiting haha! Emergencies tend to bring folks together - even if it were only to have a cup of coffee!
So here we are. Harry intends to cut the trees with my help. He has an electric chain saw  and I moved all the stuff from around the area. Wish us luck.
After the hydro came back I was finally able to start the wash, do the dishes and try to get back to some normalcy (?) The birds are first on my list for this morning - they desperately need to have their cages cleaned.
And so this is what I have been up to over the last two days. Hope it gets better haha! Take care and keep smiling!