Blown Away

Today's planned task was to continue working on the East Lot, including cutting the larger branches of the cottonwood tree down to burnable size and putting them into the wood box for use next autumn, then putting the smaller branches into to the to-be-burned pile, along with other yard debris. I was planning to do that after breakfast.

( The Big Breakfast )

As I was eating breakfast, I heard the wind start to come up. By the time I finished, it was howling. There was no rain (although it's been showing over Donner Summit and I-80 was closed for a while), but the wind was severe, and I decided that I did not want to go out there and work in it. It's hard enough to do that work without having all of the dust and pollen blowing around. The forecast says this should blow through by tomorrow, so maybe I can get it done then.

I had a look out the front window and saw a small bird perched on the front porch looking for all that it was hanging on for dear life as the wind howled around the house. I linked the photo, but it's hard to see through the front screen door. I could see much better through it than the camera does.