This was Connecticut last week. A lake near us..

Connecticut AFTER the hurricane:

My Mom had three downed trees from the hurricane. She kinda freaked out a little but she’s getting over it. Her electrical wires  came down also but she still had electricity until today when the UI came and disconnected her.

Number 1 – large maple tree, uprooted.

Number 2 – a large silver maple, uprooted. Michele, niece, horticulturist, said silver maples are weak trees because they are fast growers.

Number 3 – This was her big blue spruce on the corner of her property, uprooted.

Man, it’s rotten without electricity. We’ve been without electricity for almost a week. I am writing this at my daughter’s. Her electricity came back on yesterday.

Here are the trees around our house now. They are whipped clean of leaves.

I feel sorry for the poor little animal/bird that was in this nest. It was whipped all over the place. It held firm, though.

I did a pencil sketch on Picasa.

Leaves are gone except for some oak leaves and a few other miscellaneous leaves.

You know what trees came down this year? Mostly fir trees. They are toppled over all over the place. And mostly they were uprooted like my Mom’s. It’s like a war zone.

To leave on a more positive note. No one got hurt. My Mom’s house, even though 3 trees went down, did not get damaged. We had no trees come down either. So WE ARE THANKFUL!

Here is a picture of one of my sister’s wreaths on her back door. I wanted to put on a nice picture.

I hope my electricity comes on soon. Sniff.