Labor Day Weekend

I regret to say we forgot our camera Labor Day Weekend so there will be no pictures... a bummer, because it was quite a dramatic time. We needed to paint our shed to protect it before the tail end of Ernesto blew through- so we went up on Friday and furiously painted (they gave us the wrong stain color so it's not red, it's more orange-y or, as the can said, "cedar"...) as the wind propelled bits of leaves and bugs onto the sticky stain. We then covered it with a gigantic tarp which really wanted to be a kite and staked it down, hoping it would last through the night. We managed to cook up a nice meal despite the wind, and then retired to the tent, which proved to be quite cozy throughout the night. It was windyer (is that a word?) than ever, and we fell asleep to the sound of a hundred oceans crashing around us as the wind tore through the trees (wow that's poetic). Sometime around midnight it started raining, and though I barely slept for the entertainment of the elements, we felt safe and warm in our little tent. The next day continued the intense wind and rained on and off as we transfered tools and random stuff from our campsite and our neighbors barn to our shed. I had to get in the car and turn on the heat once in awhile because it was so relentless. By the afternoon we were ready for a hot cup of tea and our slippers and since we have no "inside" we came back to the city. We really appreciated the roof over our head that night as we watched movies, cooked dinner and drank wine while it rained and rained outside. The next 2 days were beautiful, sunny, and warm. We spent them in the city and enjoyed every minute of it.