The storm before the lull...
Mood:  loud
Stupid weather!
I gotta get this posted while we still have power. Sometime last night we lost it (power that is) and it didn't come back until about the time I had to leave for work. Lucky thing my clock has a battery backup.

Our back porch is taking the brunt of it (appropriate, I suppose, since the front porch is no longer there...)

There's a roof of corrugated tinted vinyl which is supposed to make it a 'sun porch' but doesn't take well to huge limbs and 40mph windgusts rattling it.

I'm trying to decide what to replace it with or if I should just shrug and replace it with the same stuff. It really seems to work fairly well as a solar ceiling, especially considering that's the shady side of the house. A very pleasant place to eat breakfast under other circumstances.

Of course the cats are a little freaked by it all, but even when there's a bad wind blowing, this is Washington and into every kitty's day a little sun must fall. So Figaro - at least - found a lull amid the storm.

Gotta go. The lights are flickering and I don't wanna have to type all this again.

Scottie