>THIS IS AN ON-GOING (IF INFREQUENTLY UPDATED) JOURNAL ABOUT OUR LIFE ON AN ISLAND--ON ISLAND TIME--WHICH BEGAN WITH THE BUILDING OF OUR DREAM HOUSE.
>EACH NEW ENTRY IS POSTED ABOVE THE LAST, SO TO BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING...GO TO THE END.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Another Almost Ruined Thanksgiving

Long timers around these parts remember the Thanksgiving Day storm of 1983. That, apparently, was the grandaddy of all storms--wind that tore down trees & blew off roofs. So this Thanksgiving's snow storm doesn't even come close to rating, but as every Thanksgiving approaches we have to wonder if it's going to happen.

This year it was snow--only 2" but enough to worry us about endangering family who have to come over the hill from the east side of the island. First we considering postponing everything until Friday. Then, when the weather report indicated rain early in the day along with rising temperatures we decided to go ahead & directed everyone to go the long way around from the north.

Everything worked out