Slip some juice to me, Bruce.

[tinhuvielartanis]

Folks who've heard the song "Transfusion" will get the subject. Everyone else can go to AYCH, EE, Double Hockey Sticks.

We got about power back shortly after 3 PM and there was much rejoicing and merrymaking. Do you know what rejoicing and merrymaking are with two sick people? It's basically like this.

Me: "Aunt Tudi, the lights are back on!"
Aunt Tudi: oh good.
Me: We should get something to eat quickly just in case it doesn't last.
Aunt Tudi: Yeah, I'm a slight bit peckish.

(Shuffleshuffleshuffle. On comes the microwave. Beverages are poured. Aunt Tudi checks cable)

Aunt Tudi: Cable is still out.
Me: Damn. And 'Judge Judy' comes on in a few minutes. I'll check closer to time.
Aunt Tudi: Do you want some grapes?
Me: uh huh.

(Shuffleshuffleshuffle. Opens the front door.)

Me: Dang! We have about a quarter inch of ice on the contorted filbert. I gotta get more pictures.
Aunt Tudi: And it's still coming down isn't it?
Me: uh huh

So that was it.

Now for pictures of our immediate surroundings.












Cable came back shortly after four. Yay!

Comments

[teague.livejournal.com]

That third shot from the bottom, the closeup of the wiggly branches, is just *awsome*. I hope your outside pride is alright, and found a warm spot. *brr*

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

The fourth pic down is of two of their 'dens.' We have the food sheltered from the weather too, so they aren't going hungry. The pic you like is of the contorted filbert. I love that bush like nobody's business.

[voldsom]

Shiny.

*purrs*

Pretty, verrrrrry pretty. Pretty in that, yeah, it's lovely, but really, can we just not.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I think, of all the people on my friends list, you'd probably appreciate my contorted filbert more than anyone else. Dunno why. Just a feeling.... :)

[voldsom]

*chuckles quietly and nods*

Mmm, and I am still halfway tempted to iconify it. *purrs*

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Please feel free!

[mercymanic.livejournal.com]

The filbert is looking for an anime schoolgirl.

[insanity-speaks.livejournal.com]

I love Livejournal. Right after I read this post, I got some of my news RSS feeds and this was directly under your post.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051215/ap_on_re_us/ice_storm


All I could think was yeah, I know. I just read about it in another journal from someone who lived it. :0 )

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

That's why I love LJ too. It brings us together in a way no other medium ever has, IMHO.

[dferguson.livejournal.com]

Anybody who uses the word 'peckish' is all right by me.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

That's one of Aunt Tudi's favourite words.

[aditi-.livejournal.com]

The contorted filbret is awesome!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's my favourite plant.

[bubblesbrnaid]

Y'all got way more than we did, but no surprise there.

And the contorted filbert picture is incredible.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I love that bush. It seems we always get ice, but never any snow. I want a major blizzard this season.

[bubblesbrnaid]

Yeah, me too. Ice storms give me flashbacks to the big storm in 2002 that killed my car, dumped a pine tree on the trailer's hitch, and left me without power for a week (forcing me and the cat to move in with my parents and the bassett hound). But snow...I love snow.

[anomali.livejournal.com]

Diggin' that filbert...what a cool piccie!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thankies!

[silent-druid.livejournal.com]

Wow, gorgeous pics! I'd never seen what the aftermath of an ice storm looks like, so at least now i know :D

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

They aren't very common in UK are they? I never thought about that...

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

They simply DON'T HAPPEN. Not in the 20 years I've been here, or in the memory of anybody else. Weird weather fact no.423.

[razzle.livejournal.com]

WhooA! The squiggly ice bush is AMAZING!!!

And the icicles on the kitties' secret huts are cool too. :)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thankies!

[maradia.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain my car was completely iced and my power just came back on ....brr.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

poor woman....
and they say we'll get more ice on Saturday.

[trista.livejournal.com]

Pretty!

Also, you celebration? I am in awe. I wish I partied that hard. ;)

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

We had to nap after all that.

[trista.livejournal.com]

*shriek*

I bet! I would have, too. ;)

[durgablue.livejournal.com]

Yipeee! You're back! (my friend over in Inman still doesn't have power)

Nice icy pic's!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

They're saying this is the worst ice storm EVAR. Hope your pal in Inman gets juice back soon. Hundreds of thousands of folks are in the dark still.