there's a nor'easter blowing in this afternoon

[magical thyme]

my idjit neighbor across the street decided this morning was a good time to set up a plastic canopy in his parking lot. Luckily (for me) he put it behind his shed. I wonder how long it will be before it gets blown away.

We're just getting breezes right now. It will be roaring tonight and/or tomorrow.

[NYC_SKP]

1. “There was a desert wind blowing that night."

“There was a desert wind blowing that night.

It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch.

On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight.

Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks.

Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.”

― Raymond Chandler, Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories

[magical thyme]

2. there's a nor'easter blowin' in this afternoon

It is one of those raw, cold winds that blow in from the Atlantic that frizz your hair and make your skin shiver and fill your sinuses with boogers.

On afternoons like that, every woodstove ends up alight.

Meek little assholes across the street stupidly set up plastic canopies in their parking lots, only to have them sail like plastic ships through the air and into the treetops.

Husky farmer/hunter/fisherwives feel the handle of a carving knife and study their snoring husbands' beer guts sagging over their pantless legs as they lay passed out on the sofa in front of the woodstove.

Anything can happen. Trust me. I know.

[NYC_SKP]

4. HA HA HA!!! Now THAT's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

I might change, for my old neighborhood, just one word in your third line"

"Meek little tweekers across the street...."

[hollysmom]

3. ok good, yesteday ws a big leaf drop and I didn't rake, ha ha , this is why my neighbors

put up fences, but nothing protects the front yards! hehe it is my revenge with their cutting down of all their big trees.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Methinks I'll stay home until it blows out.

Maybe, just maybe I'll venture out on Monday.

I hope none of the canopy blows into your yard.

[magical thyme]

6. I ventured down to the barn to take care of Dahli

First I stopped off in the garden to start moving dead-headed perennials into piles along the edge of the woods behind, where I plan to compost in place for next year. I could have done it this morning, but ahead of the rain it was too much like work. Now, in the dusky half light, with an ominous breeze and light rain rustling the trees, it was more an adventure.

A gunshot rang through the woods just as I headed down the hill. Jake and Luna froze in place, a pair of statues staring off into the wild. A snort from the direction of the barn let me know that Dahli was already safe inside.

The dogs raced ahead of me into the barn, and then turned and ran back out as Dahli paced nervously back and forth, up and down the aisle, tossing her mane and switching her tail. Her coat was damp, as was her blaze-orange seasonal hunting vest.

I approached to remove the wet vest, but she swung her hindquarters into my face. Touch me and I'll blast you right back outside, her rounded, muscular butt seemed to say....

[In_The_Wind]

8. I'm glad you're home safe with your dogs, horse and birds.

We've filled the outside feeders. Tomorrow I'll hook up the birdbath heater (nothing like waiting till the last minute, why do we do that). The fountain should come out of the pond soon.


Is Dahli still wearing her vest tonight?

[magical thyme]

9. Nope. While I was picking out her sleeping corner

(she lives in the aisle so she has plenty of space to move around in weather like this) she settled down and started sticking her nose in my face and kissing me. At first I figured she was begging for treats, although I hadn't brought any carrots with me. The it dawned on me she wanted me to get the burrs out of her mane and forelock. Once I did that, I was allowed to undress and brush her off. Lil princess owns me...

[In_The_Wind]

11. Indeed

She certainly does.

[NutmegYankee]

7. You mean a Wicked Stawm is coming?

[magical thyme]

10. Is it Wicked Stawm? Or Wicked Stahm? Or Wicket Stahm?

I never can get my Maine accent right. Ayup...

[NutmegYankee]

12. That's cause I wasn't using a downeastern accent.

I was using a Rhodie or Mass armpit accent.

[magical thyme]

13. I lived in Mass for 26 years, and now in Maine for 10

I'm so confused...but irl I still sound mostly from PA...

[NutmegYankee]

14. Mines Neutral, with a few Southern words here and there.

I didn't think you could kill 25 years of Southern accent, but Connecticut did it.