Irene is paying us a visit today!
| August 27, 2011 | Posted by admin under Irene |
@ 11:00 am: First wind just blew in, all has been very still out there. Not much sound from birds or bugs.
@ 11:45 am: rain started. Went to the village for beer & wine.
@ 1:00pm:got the candles and lighters out.
@2:45 pm: rain is picking up a good deal.
@ 4:00 sh pm: the rain started coming down a bit “harder and we had a little power flicker that caused us to lose the internet for a sec.
5:00 pm: HUGE flash out our window and that humming sound we hate to hear. Power Is Lost at our transformer.
6:00 ish pm: With the power out we decided to go get something to eat in Newark. We noticed that everyone had power but us.
Then we saw the power truck coming down our road YAY .
Hope to have power when we get home.
Update, everyone had closed up their shops. It appears that the gov called a state of emergency. Everyone off the streets by 7:30 pm.
On the way home: another update, southern Delaware has a tornado on the ground. Winds will be kicking up here very soon.
No warning like that for us yet, thankfully.
We took a photo of the Big Elk River on our way home. It is starting to swell, but is not very bad yet.
@ 6:45 ish pm: we arrive home to see the power guy still up in his cherry picker working on the wires in the pouring down rain. Our house was still dark. But a little while later we had lights and internet again.
About Bethlehem
| July 24, 2011 | Bethlehem PA |
The town was founded by a group of Moravians in early 1700′s the oldest building still remaining, Gemeinhaus, dating back to 1741, is a National Historic Landmark. The Historic Bethlehem organization is a non-profit associate of the Smithsonian Institute. They offer a number of historic tours and there are a number of Museums and… more
We’re in Bethlehem
| July 23, 2011 | Bethlehem PA, Deb |
Bethlehem Pennsylvania that is, we’re here for a family reunion. Of course, true to our nature, we got here earlier the day before events really kicked off, so we could scout out the old abandoned and historic places. During our look around the old section of town we paid a visited their very large and… more
Grave site at Rosslyn Chapel
| January 30, 2011 | Edinburgh Day 2, Paul, Vetur Undraland |
While Dan Brown made famous much of the symbolism within the chapel (for which the chapel stewards are very grateful), this grave site outside was interesting on its own. I think this was back in the day when you could pick these up at the Stone Depot. more
Road Home
| January 24, 2011 | Deb, Edinburgh, Featured, Glasgow Day 2, Scotland, Vetur Undraland |
Sadly we all had to leave Edinburgh this morning. Been a long day of travel. We should all sleep well tonight. Dropping Janet off first. Hope to be home by 10:15 and in bed shortly there after. Will add more photos tomorrow. more
Ghostly apparitions appearing in photos
| January 23, 2011 | Edinburgh Day 2, Paul, Scotland, Vetur Undraland |
Ever since we took a ghost walk through Edinburgh’s underworld, I’m starting to recognize many more paranormal ghostly apparitions in my photos, as you can see in this example. more
Last Night In Edinburgh
| January 23, 2011 | Deb, Edinburgh, Featured, Scotland, Vetur Undraland |
Well this is it, the last night for the grand vacation. Was a full day again, but doesn’t seem like we did much compared to the other days. After breakfast we headed off to Rosslyn Chapel. The restoration of the chapel appears much further along that it was a few (six!) years back. There were… more
Was A Full Day In Edinburgh
| January 22, 2011 | Deb, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Day 2, Featured, Scotland, Vetur Undraland |
Starting off the day with a very nice breakfast at a little place called Always Sunday. Had a veggie Haggis, to-ma-toe, some veggie sausages, and a bit of scrambled egg. Stopped in to St. Gilles for a look around for a few mins. at the the Edward Burn Jones/William Morris & Co. stained glass windows.… more
Picture of Debbie in Edinburgh
| January 22, 2011 | Edinburgh, Edinburgh Day 2, Featured, Paul, Scotland, Vetur Undraland |
Deb agreed to being in this picture, taken from atop Edinburgh Castle. Debbie is standing down by the bus. more
Road to Edinburgh
| January 21, 2011 | Deb, Featured, Scotland, Vetur Undraland |
We left the River View apartments, our two day home base in Glasgow today and headed north to see the Highlands. Glasgow was clear this morning when we started. As we have heard more than once when commenting on the weather, “Ah yes, in 15 mins that will change”. And so it did. As we… more
Paddy Keenan
| January 20, 2011 | Deb, Featured, Glasgow Day 2, Scotland, Vetur Undraland |
All here at the Tron waiting for the concert to start. We have great seats 3d row center. Had a great meal at the Tron cafe, which is attached to the venue, highly recommend it. Heard the concert will be record on video. Wonder if we will ever get to see it. No photos allowed,… more
Scotland, Woohoo!!!
| January 19, 2011 | Deb, Featured, Glasgow Day 1, Scotland, Vetur Undraland |
Was a long rough day today as we all said goodbye to our wonderful apartment at Room With A View apartments. Up super early 4:30, (way before the Icelandic crack of dawn which comes up at about 10:00 am) to catch and early fight to Scotland after a very late night of dinner, handball, and drinking. The… more
Reserved Seating
| January 18, 2011 | Colleen, Iceland, Iceland Day 3, Vetur Undraland |
Day 2 of kicking someone out of their seats so we could watch handball. At least today it was because people were sitting at our reserved table that I smiled my way to get. more
Last Day In Iceland
| January 18, 2011 | Deb, Featured, Iceland, Iceland Day 3, Vetur Undraland |
Was a great day overall, but we didn’t get to do most of what we planed for the day. The morning was bright and clear, and the gang went to the pool came back and we did a little last min. shopping in the AM. We then took to the road heading south to see… more
City art work
| January 18, 2011 | Iceland Day 3, Paul, Vetur Undraland |
Today’s bit of philosophy comes from this piece of downtown art work. The top of the piece catches the light and sparkles in the sun. It mirrors the view of the mountains that surround Reykjavik. Just look at how the mountains So very might be Sharp as razors at the top They span the land… more
A Day Around The Golden Circle
| January 17, 2011 | Deb, Featured, Iceland, Iceland Day 2, Vetur Undraland |
We started out a after a day in the public pool then headed to the Golden Circle route. The snow was falling when we started out on our day long journey. Was good we brought all our layers! There was a mix of snow and rain, but the sun came out just when we needed… more
handball
| January 17, 2011 | Featured, Iceland, Iceland Day 2, Janet, Vetur Undraland |
We heard that Iceland has the best team in the world in “handball”, so tonight we stopped in a bar down the street to watch. Iceland vs. Japan. Nothing like any handball I have known in the past. It’s played with 7 people on each team and on an open court and the game appears… more
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