Friday Funny 12-24/2021 (Let's Talk Some More About the Weather)

 

Here's Gus's version: 

This is a La Niña year, and we have lots of snow, and colder than normal temperatures. YAY, not. 

The view out of the pilothouse window

Opening the back cockpit curtain, the snow greeted me.

Looking forward through the forward dodger window in the cockpit.

Whoever is singing, "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas", needs to knock it off.

I cleaned off the handrails, because we have twinkle lights attached, and I wanted to be able to see them.

If you are a friend of ours, with a boat that is over-wintering in Wrangell, here is your boat. 😀

Quiet Chaos

Mucho Gusto

Orca's Mist

Raven's Dance

It seems this year has been all about weather, prior to all of this snow, we had a huge windstorm, that snapped trees, and power poles. We were without power in the marina for about 8 hours, but some folks on the island didn't get theirs back for two days. The city found out that they didn't have back up generators for the water supply filters, and the airport went dark.

Here's a photo of one of the snapped power poles. 

The internet, and cell service went out as well, and you could only use cash/check at the stores. 1960s anyone?

Denali Rose was fine, of course, our heat is diesel, and we could always use our generator to recharge the battery bank, we're used to living off of the grid. 

As the holidays approach, Bill, Gus, and I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

PS, please don't sing any song with the words, white Christmas, and please don't ask Mother Nature, "what's next?"

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Friday Funny 12-10/2021 (Or is it Monday Musings?)

 

Monday is an anniversary, (milestone?)  It marks four years since I fell down the stairs at the Presbyterian church in Wrangell, and broke my left leg in 4 places between the knee, and ankle. 

I will never be the same. This is mainly because I have a titanium rod in place and screws on either end to hold it there. 

But I have some other effects as well. I'm very careful on stairs, and I get nervous when I don't have a railing to hold. I can feel some of the hardware through the skin at my ankle, so I protect that area from being bumped, ouch, and I don't run, hop, skip, jump, because it's too jarring to my leg. 

I'm very grateful to the evacuation service, DAN, EMTs, doctors, nurses, friends, and family that took part in my care. It's because of them that I am whole today, it's been a long haul recovery. I shudder to think about how that fall could have been so much worse, and I try not to contemplate the possibilities. 

I'll wear my commemorative hoodie to mark the day.

If you want to know the details, this is where the adventure begins in a previous blog post about how it all went down. See what I did there? 😁There's a link at the end of each post to lead you to the next episode.

Friday wasn't Funny

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