Finally Friday!

Happy Friday friends!

Thursday we were doing plenty of this.

We had a BIG storm that had very strong wind

and ,in some areas,snow!

There were lots of flurries in the air, but nothing 

stayed on the ground.

At the Cape Breton end of our province, 

there was a lot of wind and snow and tree branches!

That caused problems with the electrical wires and the flow of

electricity into the main power grid.

As a result, there was a huge power outage !

In the metro Halifax area the outage was the largest

amount since Hurricane Juan in 2003.

We lost our power in the morning and got it back 

about 1PM. Other areas got power about 5 PM.

Some areas were still waiting late in the evening.

Once again, Mum was happy to be home.

She is still using up vacation time and will not go back

to work until Wednesday.

Needless to say, we are happy cats!!

We love having mum home.

That means FUN!!!!

How about you?

What are your plans for the weekend ?

Hope they will be FUN !

Warm and Cozy After the Storm with Georgia

Georgia: JJ and I are nice and cozy

JJ was on the porch with Julie and they were cozy.

Nice sunshine.

Happy cats!

We even had some ducks hanging around.

This one on the road.

This one at the end of the driveway.

We had a BIG storm thursday that pretty much closed

the city of Halifax.Many people including mum

went home early.

There were hurricane force winds with lots of rain too!

One of the harbour bridges was closed and there were waves

in Halifax harbour.

The boardwalks along the harbour were flooded!

The storm knocked our power out at 4:30PM Thursday  and it

was restored Friday night at 9PM.

Friday turned very cold! It was very cold all weekend .

We are glad mum had the oil tank filled.

Our old kitchen windows sometimes get frost.

 It melts when the sun comes out.

The patterns are pretty so we are sharing them with you.

Mum says this week will not be as cold as last week.

That is good for her. we do not worry about the outside

as we stay indoors. It is good for outdoor critters though.

You should pop over to House Panthers.

Julie will tell you about her weekend.

Christmas Fun Until the Power Went Out

On Christmas Day, mum went to her sister's place

with her other sister(Team Tabby)

Since she was going to be away for the day

we decided the best thing to do was nap.

As you can see we all agreed to nap together.

As you can see, mum has a large family and extended family.

They had a great time,then they came home

On the way there, they drove on roads that had snow and a little

freezing rain. They were lucky that a snow plow was ahead

of them and they followed it for a while.

Mum's sister lives outside of Wolfville,home to Acadia University.

If you look closely at the top of the building,

you can see the flags are straight out!

It was a very windy day!

It was so windy that when mum got back home around

8 PM, all she saw was darkness anong the streets.

All the houses were in darkness,including ours!

It seems the high winds caused power poles and trees

to fall on power lines.The Power company said spowe would

take a while to restore and some people would not get power back

until noon on Boxing Day(today)

Our place was very cold and  we were too.

We all piled in with mum to stay warm overnight.

Just after 10AM this morning the power came on again!

It was so nice to feel the heat from the furnace.

Today is still cool (-3C ) and a little windy,

but we are snug and warm indoors with heat!

Happy Boxing Day !!