Home, at last

We are home and spent the night there. The power came on late in
the afternoon, minutes after Ed (Viki's significant other), Viki and
Robert got the solar up and running. What a let down, in a sense.
They were glad for the power, BUT had worked so hard for the
last few days to get it going, it was quite a let down.

We have no phone nor internet. Marti has generously let us
use her phone and computer..which is how I'm getting this
blog updated. Her cat is trying to sit on my lap, but has
finally relented and is just sitting on the mouse pad and
staring me in the eye.

A buck with a huge rack has taken over the flat spot
beyond the patio in our yard. He has eaten all the
apples that Viki knocked down from the apple tree
and was eating the leaves as I left to come over to
Marti's. He's a little scary because he is sooooo big!

Finished off the crab apple jelly yesterday. Over-cooked
the under-cooked, but it is down and rubber we shall
eat and remember.

Robyn arrived last evening. She and Robert are working
on a cover for the solar equipment which is installed on
the side of the house. It is a much reduced system from
the previous, now burned up, on.

The neighbors are gradually returning. But I don't think
things will seem normal for a long time. Too much charcoal
around for that and the burned out homes are so devastating
to encounter. WE are SO LUCKY to still have our home.
Seeing that the fire was up to the door step at the rear of the
house. IF that side of the house had been wood instead of
concrete blocks, I think we'd too, be homeless.

We still have much our our stuff at Jo's so shall return there
to pack it all up early in the week. We are still waiting for
the insurance adjuster to come have a look before we can
do our clean-up. Hopefully, they'll pay for that so we can
hire it done. It's a pretty big and nasty job to do.