We spent most of the day without power… no biggee there, I’m set with a gas stove for cooking and wood stove for heat… it does really impact what you can and can’t do though!
First order of business was to save my bushes outside…
Reaching high with a garden tool, I could shake the limbs to release their heavy coat of snow, and bend themselves back upright off the ground. I had to have my coat’s hood up to save myself from a snow bath too!
Some branches were already broken, but it gave me a unique bouquet for my table.
I have an old rotary phone in the basement, which continues to work, unlike the new ones… so we *could* call “out”. I almost wrote this post on the process of dialing… with your finger… a sensation I’d even forgotten. I should let my grandkids call someone with it. What a chance to do something so “old-fashioned”.
Even my “old-fashioned” clothesline held a line of snow…
Amazing that snow can even stay on the line! It is NOT up against the tree…
Today was a taste of Wyoming spring weather and thankfulness for those “old-fashioned” things that still work, and still made my life much easier in this wet, wet storm.
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I sometimes enjoy a power outage. Electricity makes a lot of noise. Loads and loads of rain here.
I guess clothes lines are considered old-fashioned, but I use mine every chance I get. Nothing compares to the fresh scent of clothes dried outside in the breeze and sunshine.! SO glad I still have an outdoor clothesline to enjoy! :.)
We have storm warnings here for tonight through Saturday now. April in Wyoming!
Good going! You managed well in an old-fashioned way – I’m mainly speaking of the “rotary phone”!!! I bet the kids DID have fun with that, and learning the word “dial.” Hope the weather improves for you.
Such a pretty bouquet! 🙂
Well done Carol on saving your bushes. Your bouquet looks lovely. I would be really stuck if power was out for a long time as I cook with electric. Heating is gas but that fires up with something electrical!! It would bring neighbours together as we checked who had a gas stove so we could have a hot drink. That said the ignition on some gas stoves is electric so you would need matches to light it. Like you we keep an old phone which would work if power was off and cell phone battery was low.