Our Location: Buttercup Ridge, Roseneath, Ontario
A fine few days have passed here at Buttercup Ridge. The weather has mostly been sunny with some cloudy periods but the winds were brutal Friday daytime and late into the evening. The local area of Burnley is without power and has been since last night around 7:30 pm. We fall in that little enclave of powerless folks. Estimations are for around midnight tonight, Saturday that the power will be restored.
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| Some of my raking efforts... |
Wind gusts reached 63 mph/102 km yesterday in the small city of Peterborough just to our north. Various other locals in south western, south central and south eastern Ontario all had devastating winds as well. With the fast moving wind came a cold front which dropped temperatures about 25 degrees within a couple of hours. I've seen some estimates for power restoration ranging from a few hours like us to 10 days in the future. Not a comforting thought.
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| Soon be time to move these cattle out of the barnyard and on to some pasture land. |
The sun shine was wonderful again today, warmed up nicely with just a slight breeze which picked up to gusty again this afternoon but has since died down again. We had no rain to speak of at all during this wind event and other than a few downed branches I found no other evidence of the wind. Well of course except for the power outage.
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| Signs of spring growth at the pond. |
We've spent a lazy day here just kind of cleaning up the Igloo, reading, napping. You know the drill right? We soon need to find ourselves some more reading material, or at least I do, I have 3 books left to read before I run out. I'll have to fire up my Kobo soon and download some more reading material before too long.
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| Definite signs of spring here at Buttercup Ridge. |
Tomorrow we will hopefully be doing some laundry before we get ready to pull out. It was actually on the agenda for today but due to power issues, didn't get accomplished. We will also be hooking up, backing the Igloo out of the circular drive (due to low power lines we can't complete the circle) and getting ready to head out Monday morning for the next part of our homeward journey.
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| Farm/cow country signs of spring as the manure haulage begins. |
So there you have it, our quiet few days here at Buttercup Ridge. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit.
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| Love the wood fire pizza oven. |
Until next time... take care, be safe,
Deb
The quiet days are nice, our power was only out about 4 hours, but the winds here same as yours brutal. Hopefully things get all fixed up there and safe travels for you guys as you head on north.
ReplyDeleteThe power will be out here even after we leave according to the Hydro One Storm Center. They are looking at possibly May 8 before Buttercup Ridge will receive any power. Hopefully that's not the case but they are working as hard and as fast as possible.
DeleteThanks George, we are looking forward to moving on.
Take care, be safe,
Deb
We were lucky not to have the power outage so we were grateful since we'd not had enough sun during the day to charge us up.
ReplyDeleteHope you get things done so your departure in the morning will be with ease. You must be anxious to see your Dad. Safe travels!
You must be on the northern end of the issues at your location. Everyone I've talked to lost power for a few hours at least. Glad things worked out.
DeleteLooking forward to seeing the folks up north for sure.
Take care, be safe,
Deb
Glad you're not in the 10 day power outage, but even a few days without power still is inconvenient. That was quite the storm. Great pics. Travel safely home!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shirley. We were fine, other than we didn't get the laundry done, but oh well, we'll just stop at a laundromat and do it. Love being self sufficient.
DeleteTake care, be safe,
Deb
Safe travels.
ReplyDeleteThank you Contessa.
DeleteTake care, be safe,
Deb