Last weekend Hurricane Arthur hit Nova Scotia. Early Saturday morning I awoke to wind, sheets of rain coming down and flashes of lightning. The kids joined me around 7am to watch the storm at the window which was when we lost power. Hoping for the best we had some cold breakfast and I reminded the boys not to open the fridge or freezer. I set them up with some board games and balloons and I headed up to the barn.
In a matter of moments I was drenched. I was happy to see my seedlings which I had watered and placed in protection the night before were doing fine. I left the barn door open slightly to let in some light but leave protection from the elements. I was quite surprised when most of the chickens came out to experience the storm. Brave and crazy little birds.
I trudged up to the pig pasture and saw my two boars staring at me from their hut. I took pity and moved their food bowls over to the entrance way for them. The garden appeared to be handling the storm well except for the plastic over the sweet potatoes. I tore that off and headed back down to the house. I set up a sawdust toilet downstairs and water for washing. Plus due to the wind I patched up a leaking window.
Even without power everything went along quite normally.
Sunday we still had no power with the estimate for it not to come back on until Monday morning. We got some ice for the fridge and freezers and continued using the BBQ. First time I cooked rice and made coffee on the BBQ. I need to get some new camping supplies.
The storm had passed but it was still windy. I had hoped for more rain and I was becoming a little nervous about having enough water for all the plants. As I was walking up around the barn surveying the damage, something told me to go look in the holes I have been digging for the greenhouse site. Guess what I found?
A little skunk. I immediately went to get the kids. They were excited but uneasy looking down at it. I made sure we all moved very slowly.
Obviously the cute little guy had fallen in during the storm. I went and made a little ladder for it out of an old board with rope tied around it. It was a little unnerving lowering it into the hole as it kept posturing at me. I checked on it throughout the day and it was still there. I knew it would come out that night as they are nocturnal. Very cute.
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