Power Outage

Last night, the power went out at about 8 pm. Darn, that means I didn't get to watch the second TPIR Million Dollar Spectacular! Oh well. Anyway, I called a friend who looked up Allegheny Power's website, and over 900 customers in New Market lost power. I also knew it was pretty extensive by looking around the neighborhood.

Based on my clocks this morning, the power was restored about 12:30 AM. I know there had been line work along National Pike in recent weeks, so I'm wondering if this was related to that. Weather wasn't particularly bad... just a bit breezy. Maybe one of the newer connections broke loose?

Picture Time

I've decided to photograph birds that visit as much as possible. Earlier today, I saw two mourning doves. I'm hoping to create a catalog.

Deer!

I just had a great vacation that included skiing at Seven Springs Resort in Pennsylvania. All good things must eventually end, which meant going back to work. I was greeted to a field of deer close to the house. Work is busy as usual.

I find the political prelims interesting and entertaining. As usual, the Democrats and Republican get first rate billing, while viable third parties such as Green and Libertarian get fringe treatment. I don't like any of the "candidates".

Snow returns

Snow returned to the region yesterday. Four inches at the house. Very wet, and a good bit of it melted in the sun today. Frederick was in the 40s today despite the snow. 45 was the high today in New Market.

Lazy Blogger

It's pathetic that I haven't posted anything since the new year. So, I'll try to make my first post of 2008 a fun one. The commute to work has been rather uneventful with only one exception... deer. Deer are pretty common at 3:30 in the morning, so watch out if you drive curvy, hilly streets. One morning, I saw about 10 deer grazing within a half mile of the house, in between two houses on a grassy knoll.

Another interesting tidbit, is the traffic at 3:30 in the morning is practically non-existent. Don't get caught off guard by the Saturday morning folks returning from their Friday nights out.

If we ever get snow or wind damage again, I'll post that.

Rain, Fog

Thanks to a nice blast of rainfall last night, there was plenty of fog in Frederick County this morning. I managed to spot what appeared to be a fox on the way into work this morning. The fog was less impressive in Montgomery County. I also spotted a group of deer along the ride.

All in all, a pretty typical Saturday morning!

Windy!

This is what gusty winds can do. Snow has been gone for several days now.
No snow from the Noreaster.

Snow total

The snow total from the storm was 4.5". The deepest snow pile is at the corner signpost, where the snow plow created about a foot-high pile.

First Snowfall

The dogs are enjoying the snow this morning. This is the front yard at the house...


I took this picture earlier today. We have a fresh coating of snow, and the garden is covered.

Flurries!

Flurries fell at the house this evening, the first snow spotted of the Fall. I'm expecting another round of snow this Wednesday. A light dusting seems pretty likely, maybe an inch. It seems early for a Clipper system, but maybe I feel that way because it was 68, warm and sunny not that long ago.