I was amazed at how unprepared we were for the blackout. When the power died, I was not concerned. But then realized that we only own candle sticks, no candles. My next thought was to run to the convience store to purchase some and the neighbor reminded me that the cash registers there would not work either. Fortunately she has a large stash and gave me some. The next problem was finding out what was going on. Finally realized I could sit in my pickup and listen to the radio there. No battery powered radio. Things were fine until dinner time. The cat food has a pop top but the tuna fish cans need a can opener. A hammer and chisel from the basement solved that one. The good news was that power returned around 1:30 AM so were without for only 9 hours.
As I suddenly had time on my hands, I had a choice of mowing the lawn or making lace. So I sat out on the front step for about three hours making lace until the sun went down. During that time as least 2 dozen people that were walking by stopped to see what I was doing. I finally went in and set my "try it"pillow on the stoop with me as well. Another sidebar. About 11:30 pm I went out by the street and looked up and down. then I realized I could see the stars in the sky. After a couple of minutes of gazing upwords my thought was that it would be nice if the people driving by did not have their light on. Just then the signal lights and street lights popped on a block up the street. So I gave up on stargazing and went to bed. *************************************** Kenn Van-Dieren Bobbins by Van-Dieren 2304 Clifford Avenue Rochester, NY 14609-3825 Tel: 585.654.5711 Cell: 585.750.8842 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: www.bobbinmaker.com ***************************************** To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
