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Friday 18th 37F, 0700 dark and cloudy. Dry but cool and breezy on my walk. Three, large, brown birds of prey out on the prairie.
Tonight's storm has been slightly downgraded and its most dangerous path forecast to travel further south of us. Winds turning westerly a little earlier is also a huge relief. We benefit from a helpful tree line which has expanded into a copse.
I bought a compact, picnic gas stove and canister yesterday. In case the electricity goes off. The wood stove can warm us this time. Without the need for electricity to drive a circulation pump. Anybody with a pellet stove would be in trouble without power. The UK has a rare, Red warning for 90mph winds. Let's be careful out there!
I spent the morning fighting my way down the shed to remove long unused cycles. Which I intend to advertise for sale. Nothing very exciting, nor valuable, I'm afraid. We are making a concerted effort to downsize our possessions. It was our hobby, a couple of decades ago, to visit weekend markets to buy stuff we liked. There were a lot of things which were completely novel to us back then. Flea markets were everywhere. They were housed in garages, barns, basements and even garden tents. They would advertise in a small ads paper. We would spend most weekends touring out and back. It seems so long ago now.
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