 Our electric meter -- not running... Our hearts and prayers go out to the families struggling after Hurricane Sandy. We were blessed not to have any flooding in our backyard or basement this time. Though we're still waiting for the return of our electric, it could have been much worse.  Still looking stormy over out wetlands...
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 A few of Evan's parents' vintage Christmas decorations drying out after the flood  The contents on our front porch are growing! Water still streaming into the basement... Up twice during the night to run the sump pump. Very thankful still have electric!! Waiting for hot water heater to dry out to re-light.  Yesterday's evening mist over our backyard wetlands  Wonder where we're keeping the stuff from our barn garage? Various places, including the front porch! Even with a water pump running all night long, and a second pump running part of the night, we woke up to 14" of water in our basement. We're back in the drying-out and throwing-out-unsalvagable-stuff process here. Good news: we still have electric and hot water! Thank God!! Lord, your Word says that you're working all things together for our good. (Rom. 8:28) We don't see good in this just yet, but we believe you love us and we trust You! Sunnier days ahead...
NOTE TO SELF: Our next home will NOT be near a body of water that can flood! This time it's me wearing the hip-waders... :) Thank God we have power this time, so flooding in basement is kept to a minimum with water pump going.  The swamp creeping into or backyard...  And the barn garage had just dried out from Irene...  View standing at barn garage door  Inside the barn garage  Can you see my feet in the murky water? BEFORE Thursday, August 25 Just a normal day in our backyard...  Mini-mushroom world  Mondo-mushroom world!  Budding Rose of Sharon Friday, August 26 A gorgeous day!  Swayze Mill Park - the calm before the storm  Genesis Farms, Blairstown, NJ DURING Sunday, August 28 Power went out last night at midnight. The hurricane is here...  The barn garage and woodshed in our backyard were flooded  Mid-afternoon view of our overflowing swamp from the screened upstairs window in my office  A flooded Swayze Mill Park around 4 pm  Stormy sky driving around Blairstown, 6 pm  And then.... the skies cleared... woo-hoo!! Rt. 94, Blairstown, 7 pm  Hard to believe a hurricane passed through earlier in the day! Rt. 94, Blairstown, 7 pm AFTER Monday, August 30 We woke up to a flooded basement  Ten inches... Ev lost a bin of collectible toys and we spent hours drying off another bin full of hundreds of Ev's family photos  Swamp water inside our barn garage  Ev in his hip-waders bringing things out to dry  Just a few feet away... This spider must have re-built his web very quickly or it withstood hurricane force winds and rain! Tuesday, August 30 We're till muddling through... no power or water yet. Ev bought a generator this morning. We're able able to save some of our food and get the rest of the water sucked out of the basement.  Budding baby sunflower picked last week at Genesis Farms Wednesday, August 31 Our electric was restored around 1 pm today, although didn't have water until evening.  And this is how we feel about now -- pooped out! Thursday, September 1
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