Another Storm, Another Cleanup

 While we were watching rainbows on Whidbey Island Monday afternoon, another wind storm ripped through south Seattle and scattered tree debris all over the homestead. 

Tuesday morning, after our Zoom visit,  we were on clean up duty, me with a rake and Tom with the yard waste bins. We got the long driveway raked and cleaned up and then Tom did the bending necessary to pick up the lawn area while I got my work out on the stationary bike. 

It was a dry, partly sunny, almost balmy day. With daylight lasting a bit longer now, I was outside again about 4:00 to pick a bouquet of greens for the powder room. 

On Wednesday, after my bike work out, I was again outside. I helped a bit with ladders as Tom got the Christmas lights off the house, and supervised him on the roof, using the blower to clean off the debris and fir needles. 

While I caught him, he stopped and caught me. I'm not sure what this decrepit old woman could do if he fell off the roof, but I was ready to call 911. I did question him thoroughly about how he was feeling and about his balance. As you can see, it was another balmy day and the roof was dry. 

Once the roof was cleaned off, I was in charge of blower duty on the ground while Tom put stuff away.

All cleaned up. Tom got the lawn mowed/vacuumed too. 

It was all looking spiffy as we left Wednesday evening to join Jill, Isaac and Irene at a local restaurant to celebrate Isaac's 20th birthday, belatedly. We had lots of good food and did some catching up.

Now, today, the rain has returned, but not that atmospheric river that was predicted. They are still dealing with that up and down the Pacific Coast though. We lucked out. 

Jill and Isaac will be over this evening to help get all of the tubs and boxes of Christmas stuff put back into the attic. Then we will be officially DONE!