Irene gave her best shot but...........

.......it wasn't all that bad.  Yes we did have lots of rain...around 4+ inches, & wind but not a strong as they predicted,  of course we lost power but then again when we live we lose power constantly!  Most of the time for no reason.  It went out about 8:00am & came back on around 4:30pm.  It just meant a very lazy day reading every section of the sunday paper & doing every crossword in it.  I even managed to complete the sudoku.......that never happens as the sunday one is the hardest!

 These were taken around ninish.

 See this branch went right through the shed roof...there is about 3 feet of it inside!

 This poor bedraggled bird was one of a few sheltering & getting some food around lunch time!

 This is a "redneck" chandelier!

 This is almost at the end of the worst part...taken around 4:00pm

 This is the Alplaus Kill which is up the street from us.

We took a ride to see how things were in the neighborhood.......lots of trees down but nothing really bad.  We spent about an hour after dinner cleaning up part of the yard but it is still really windy so I'm sure it will be a few days until we get it all done.