Due to Jim's illness, our rabbit sitter cancelling on us, and various sundries our original plan to leave on Monday ended up being pushed back to Wednesday.
We spent the week at Don and Deb Waterhouse. We camped in their backyard. Worked out well. Gave us our privacy, gave them theirs, and yet gave us time to chat with each other.
Wednesday we arrived. Basically just chilled the rest of the evening.
Thursday we went to the Royal in the afternoon. All of us were tired. We didn't see the whole thing, but we did see some and have a chance to nibble on samples, see goats being milks, watch some sheep being shown, and to chase down a wired lad every time we turned around. :)
Friday we kicked around our home base. Had chats with the Waterhouses, discovered a christian bookstore and enjoyed browsing. Justin came home with some LEGO wannabe and has been totally enamoured with it ever since. :)
Saturday we headed home. We hit IKEA first, and came home with an DVD bookshelf, some new cups for Justin and something else that I can't recall at the moment.
It was a good time away.
Amy did a good job caring for the bunnies and the house while we were away.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
A sick hubby
So Jim remains ill. It's been three weeks now of one thing or the other.
He's currently running a fever, is somewhat 'light' on his feet, runs out of energy quickly, and isn't eating worth a whit. He's drinking lots and mostly staying quiet in the house, though today we worked together to winterize the trailer which HAD to be done before it drops down solidly below freezing tonight. Didn't take long and hey...we were actually able to work together without biting each other's heads off. :)
working on getting this and that done around the house. Taking it easy. keeping a boy busy enough.
He's currently running a fever, is somewhat 'light' on his feet, runs out of energy quickly, and isn't eating worth a whit. He's drinking lots and mostly staying quiet in the house, though today we worked together to winterize the trailer which HAD to be done before it drops down solidly below freezing tonight. Didn't take long and hey...we were actually able to work together without biting each other's heads off. :)
working on getting this and that done around the house. Taking it easy. keeping a boy busy enough.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Trick or treating
Justin went as a cat. A tabby cat to be specific.
Gramma tagged along. This excited the lad to just no end. :)
Justin was SO hyper and SO totally full of beans. Running and flying and saying "meow". kept it up 1/2 way around the block and then suddenly....he crashed. Wanted to ride in the bike trailer. Which led to us shortening our walk and just doing specific people for the 1/2 block home.
BUT before he crashed he made LOTS of people laugh and smile. :) He was very cute with his "meows" of trick or treat, and then his different "meow" of thank you.
He occasionally forgot his manners and would dive for the candy bowl and then needed to be reined in.
He occasionally got upset when people didn't know that he was a tabby cat and called him a tiger instead. :)
He mostly remembered to say thank you in one form or the other. :)
He mostly remembered to wait for candy and not grab.
He mostly remembered to say hi to people that he knew. :)
He stared at dismembered hands stuck in door ways.
He was fascinated by the "person" running away from the "witch", who made very strange noises as "he" ran away. (one of those motion sensors things that moves up and down and moans).
he loved the pumpkins and the pumpkins that were "throwing up" were a total fascination.
Some pumpkins were angry.
Some pumpkins were silly.
Some pumpkins acted like they wanted to eat other pumpkins.
He surprised one family by going "boo" (surprise with throwing grass up in the air). Was a total startle, but it was all cool. :) We didn't let a repeat happen though.
I LOVED the smiles of the grammas and grampas when he stopped in. One street close to us gets rare visitors as it is mostly a street of seniors. Just the huge smiles on their faces as Justin was very much himself. Brief conversations led to stories about missed grandchildren. :) That was the best part of the evening for me. Just loved that. :)
So that was trick or treating for us this year. Lots of fun for one four year, and lots of smiles for mom and gramma.
Jim stayed at home and handed out candy to SIX children. woohoo! we had six children. :)
TONS of caramels left though hmm....wonder who will eat those?????
Gramma tagged along. This excited the lad to just no end. :)
Justin was SO hyper and SO totally full of beans. Running and flying and saying "meow". kept it up 1/2 way around the block and then suddenly....he crashed. Wanted to ride in the bike trailer. Which led to us shortening our walk and just doing specific people for the 1/2 block home.
BUT before he crashed he made LOTS of people laugh and smile. :) He was very cute with his "meows" of trick or treat, and then his different "meow" of thank you.
He occasionally forgot his manners and would dive for the candy bowl and then needed to be reined in.
He occasionally got upset when people didn't know that he was a tabby cat and called him a tiger instead. :)
He mostly remembered to say thank you in one form or the other. :)
He mostly remembered to wait for candy and not grab.
He mostly remembered to say hi to people that he knew. :)
He stared at dismembered hands stuck in door ways.
He was fascinated by the "person" running away from the "witch", who made very strange noises as "he" ran away. (one of those motion sensors things that moves up and down and moans).
he loved the pumpkins and the pumpkins that were "throwing up" were a total fascination.
Some pumpkins were angry.
Some pumpkins were silly.
Some pumpkins acted like they wanted to eat other pumpkins.
He surprised one family by going "boo" (surprise with throwing grass up in the air). Was a total startle, but it was all cool. :) We didn't let a repeat happen though.
I LOVED the smiles of the grammas and grampas when he stopped in. One street close to us gets rare visitors as it is mostly a street of seniors. Just the huge smiles on their faces as Justin was very much himself. Brief conversations led to stories about missed grandchildren. :) That was the best part of the evening for me. Just loved that. :)
So that was trick or treating for us this year. Lots of fun for one four year, and lots of smiles for mom and gramma.
Jim stayed at home and handed out candy to SIX children. woohoo! we had six children. :)
TONS of caramels left though hmm....wonder who will eat those?????
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Today's activities
You may recall that this was my list for the day:
We'll see how far we get. the carrier and tattooing are the most important.
- clean kitchen
- fold laundry
- play with the boy
- dump more dirt down on the rabbitry site
- see if I can empty one compost bin...that would be very nice
- see if I have enough time to move one garden
- talk with hubby
- make supper of some sort. Perhaps soup. We could do that. it can cook all afternoon in the crock pot.
- cleaned the kitchen
- folded laundry
- played with the lad
- dumped dirt on rabbitry site and have started leveling it
- removed one garden and then went out bought wood and remade it. Then proceeded to fill it with compostables and dirt.
- talked with hubby off and on
- made supper but neglected to turn ON the crock pot. Turned it on and had a cup of soup for snack.
- made applesauce (6 jars)
We'll see how far we get. the carrier and tattooing are the most important.
Yersterday's Activities
Finally made the decision that I can't afford to build a whole new rabbit tent. Just can't. So we're going to erect a different tent for the bunnies (another portable garage).
We'll use the current one for storing stuff in which will keep the back yard much tidier and give me an outdoor workplace and well as a place to put new bunnies, extra bunnies, growers and the like.
Jim is even thinking about buying a garage to put the trailer into. Means we'll be short on space in the backyard for the winter BUT our yard will be cleaner, our trailer kept safe from the elements and that all round is a good thing. And having a tent makes it nicer for doing my yearly yard sale as well.
But yesterday was a busy day.
We'll use the current one for storing stuff in which will keep the back yard much tidier and give me an outdoor workplace and well as a place to put new bunnies, extra bunnies, growers and the like.
Jim is even thinking about buying a garage to put the trailer into. Means we'll be short on space in the backyard for the winter BUT our yard will be cleaner, our trailer kept safe from the elements and that all round is a good thing. And having a tent makes it nicer for doing my yearly yard sale as well.
But yesterday was a busy day.
- Started dumping dirt down on the new rabbitry site so make the ground more level.
- Pulled up the bulbs that don't like being out in cold weather. Freecycled half of them.
- Brought all the houseplants in from outdoors. Actually managed on Tuesday to find new homes for three of them.
- Took Justin to playgroup...this is a group that he goes to by himself. Gives me 1.5 hours of totally free time. He found that difficult at first, had fun, but is worried about the next time he'll be going.
- Put together our new pressure washer.
- Tried to get it to work, it didn't want to cooperate with me. It ended up working for Jim. Go figure.
- I replaced the boards on one of the racks. the old ones were fairly stinky. These new ones help reduce the rabbitry odour and should stay clean. I hope. May need to fine tune how I do it all...we'll give it a week to see.
- Got rid of the pile of dirt where the old rose garden used to be.
- Got a new drill. This is MY drill. But I'll let Jim use it. :) But it's MINE!!!! Meant only for doing jobs that I can do. Not a big one, not an expensive one, just one that will do what I want it to do.
- took new pics of all baby bunnies and posted them on the website AND blog. Soon they'll be up on kijiji.
- talked with Pete a bit, Jim did too. he was mowing the lawn at church.
- One of Slip's is a broken grey, and is female so I have it presold already. YEAH!!!! Slip is an amazing doe, I'm really proud of her. Silly yes, but I am.
- clean kitchen
- fold laundry
- play with the boy
- dump more dirt down on the rabbitry site
- see if I can empty one compost bin...that would be very nice
- see if I have enough time to move one garden
- talk with hubby
- make supper of some sort. Perhaps soup. We could do that. it can cook all afternoon in the crock pot.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Long Time No Post
Hello all...
I know, it has been a while since I was last here. Ah well...I have been otherwise occupied with things.
Weird...I seem unable to hint the apostrophe button...sends me to a quick links button. odd that.
anyways,
Today was a busy day.
Snuggled with Justin for an hour before getting up. read books, chatted etc.
then downstairs to check email, set the TV up, and then for me to go out and do the bunnies.
Ended up interrupting that process to talk on the phone with mom (Eva).
had breakfast with Justin before heading out to finish was I was doing with the bunnies.
Came in, talked with Jim, played with the lad and his lego. :)
Then cleaned the kitchen. Jim helped some! :) Got it 90% done too! :)
After that was done I headed outside with Justin to get some work done out there. Got the one composter empty. YEAH!!!!!! Got some dug out of the old composter (not as much as I hoped but some).
Got the given to me guinea pig cage emptied and set up for Harry to come pick up some day. He will be housing a rabbit in it over the winter.
Discovered we have four new guinea pigs from Annie! Surprise surprise! Eric will be a bachelor until at least January. He will not like that, but he will survive. :)
Oh ran out to pick up some groceries with the family. Got back to the house with a hungry lad.
What else?
Cared for bunnies. cooked sausage and taters for supper, Justin did something different he was HUNGRY!!! So he munched down while I cooked supper and did various things.
Relaxed over supper, put J to bed. Watched Stargate universe with Jim. Had a soak in the tub for an hour. Updated this and then I'll be off to bed.
Tomorrow is thanksgiving Sunday. I have much to be thankful for. :)
I know, it has been a while since I was last here. Ah well...I have been otherwise occupied with things.
Weird...I seem unable to hint the apostrophe button...sends me to a quick links button. odd that.
anyways,
Today was a busy day.
Snuggled with Justin for an hour before getting up. read books, chatted etc.
then downstairs to check email, set the TV up, and then for me to go out and do the bunnies.
Ended up interrupting that process to talk on the phone with mom (Eva).
had breakfast with Justin before heading out to finish was I was doing with the bunnies.
Came in, talked with Jim, played with the lad and his lego. :)
Then cleaned the kitchen. Jim helped some! :) Got it 90% done too! :)
After that was done I headed outside with Justin to get some work done out there. Got the one composter empty. YEAH!!!!!! Got some dug out of the old composter (not as much as I hoped but some).
Got the given to me guinea pig cage emptied and set up for Harry to come pick up some day. He will be housing a rabbit in it over the winter.
Discovered we have four new guinea pigs from Annie! Surprise surprise! Eric will be a bachelor until at least January. He will not like that, but he will survive. :)
Oh ran out to pick up some groceries with the family. Got back to the house with a hungry lad.
What else?
Cared for bunnies. cooked sausage and taters for supper, Justin did something different he was HUNGRY!!! So he munched down while I cooked supper and did various things.
Relaxed over supper, put J to bed. Watched Stargate universe with Jim. Had a soak in the tub for an hour. Updated this and then I'll be off to bed.
Tomorrow is thanksgiving Sunday. I have much to be thankful for. :)
Sunday, August 16, 2009
A burster
Yesterday Justin made a lego "burster".
A burster when shot at someone turns them mean, and then he uses a zapper to make them nice again. :)
Wish I had pics.
We had fun playing together while doing our canning.
A burster when shot at someone turns them mean, and then he uses a zapper to make them nice again. :)
Wish I had pics.
We had fun playing together while doing our canning.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
slowly making progress
So I'm slowly making progress getting the backyard cleaned up.
The old rabbit tier has been dissembled and most of it burned up. Still have a bit too do but it's was 830 and I said enough of this I have laundry to finish too!
I"m hoping this coming weekend to get the rest done. Getting stuff put back into the tent/shed etc and then Jim can at some point move the trailer into the backyard too.
After the "stuff" is put away I want to start putting the post and beam shed together for the buns for the winter. fun fun! :)
The old rabbit tier has been dissembled and most of it burned up. Still have a bit too do but it's was 830 and I said enough of this I have laundry to finish too!
I"m hoping this coming weekend to get the rest done. Getting stuff put back into the tent/shed etc and then Jim can at some point move the trailer into the backyard too.
After the "stuff" is put away I want to start putting the post and beam shed together for the buns for the winter. fun fun! :)
Friday, July 10, 2009
Justin's Birthday Cake
Annette made quite a nice birthday cake for Justin this year. Not only did it taste great, but for a first attempt at decorating a cake, it turned out pretty good.
As you can see from his grin, Justin liked it. There is one question though? Was it the cake he liked, the the cars on top?
I guess that answers that question. :)
As you can see from his grin, Justin liked it. There is one question though? Was it the cake he liked, the the cars on top?
I guess that answers that question. :)
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Canada Day Fireworks
obviously I have no brain this morning.
Jim told me where he put the pics from the fireworks last night, can I find them?
No.
So suffice it to say, we went to the Exeter Fireworks last night.
Got there around 8.
Justin played at the playground for a bit.
Then we sat and munched on corn chips and juice.
visited folks a bit.
And then I tolerated bangs while holding a boy in my lap. I enjoyed the quiet fireworks. Justin sometimes covered his ears with the 'bangs'. Jim enjoyed the bangey fireworks the most.
It was a good show. Not as good as last year, but they didn't have as much to work from this year apparently. None-the-less, for a small town. Job well done. I really like the sputtery ones....where you get the a whole bunch in different colours that just fly up in the air with a flash of colour. :) Canada Day needs fireworks, and we had them!
Jim told me where he put the pics from the fireworks last night, can I find them?
No.
So suffice it to say, we went to the Exeter Fireworks last night.
Got there around 8.
Justin played at the playground for a bit.
Then we sat and munched on corn chips and juice.
visited folks a bit.
And then I tolerated bangs while holding a boy in my lap. I enjoyed the quiet fireworks. Justin sometimes covered his ears with the 'bangs'. Jim enjoyed the bangey fireworks the most.
It was a good show. Not as good as last year, but they didn't have as much to work from this year apparently. None-the-less, for a small town. Job well done. I really like the sputtery ones....where you get the a whole bunch in different colours that just fly up in the air with a flash of colour. :) Canada Day needs fireworks, and we had them!
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Milo Monday....a bit late
Milo is too contented with himself.
He cheated...and won yet another mouse race with the boy.
For the full story, go here.
He cheated...and won yet another mouse race with the boy.
For the full story, go here.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Sore Throat
okay....let's all say..YEAH for spring colds.
NOT.
Jim and Justin are having to put up with a wife/mommy who can't talk today.
Justin keeps asking "mommy....talk to me" "why can't you talk to me mommy?" and then occasionally "mommy, wake up!". I'm very dopey today. Very quiet. YET!!!! i got the lawn mowed! YEAH!!! it looks TONS better now.
Jim was very helpful in the grocery store. He talked for me. :) And I ended up getting a more expensive than I thought it was Dora DVD. (dopeyness at times is NOT good) Ah well...the boy is at least happy about that.
Justin's playing upstairs. I think I may join him after I check what the laundry is doing.
NOT.
Jim and Justin are having to put up with a wife/mommy who can't talk today.
Justin keeps asking "mommy....talk to me" "why can't you talk to me mommy?" and then occasionally "mommy, wake up!". I'm very dopey today. Very quiet. YET!!!! i got the lawn mowed! YEAH!!! it looks TONS better now.
Jim was very helpful in the grocery store. He talked for me. :) And I ended up getting a more expensive than I thought it was Dora DVD. (dopeyness at times is NOT good) Ah well...the boy is at least happy about that.
Justin's playing upstairs. I think I may join him after I check what the laundry is doing.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Family Fireworks
Upon reading the title I realized it might be misunderstood. I am not talking about controversy or any other sort of metaphorical fireworks, instead I am talking about setting off fireworks as a family. This is something that my mom did with me as a child, as did Annette's parents with her and her siblings. For me it is one of my fond memories, and while we were out getting groceries I thought it would be fun to do as this weekend is one where traditionally fireworks are set off. I didn't get many pictures as I was the one running back and forth lighting the fireworks, but I did capture this afterward.
Milo Monday
This Monday is a two pack. Milo insisted one picture was not sufficient to give a real sense of him.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
Milo Monday
Today we were taking a bunny to a new home. He was sitting in a cage by the front door, and Milo, never having seen a baby bunny before, was facinated:
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
New Family Member -- Well Sort Of
Today after a busy day for all of us, we had a new family member added. Any guesses?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Well...that was a job!
Yesterday out with Jim, the wind started to pick up, I worried about the bunnies.
Called Bob (next door neighbour) and asked him if the 'tent' was still standing.
He said, yup, everything looks good. I relaxed a bit.
got home...checked the tent...well...it wasn't all right.
So got all the rabbits out. Jim a total sweetie for helping me with this as he was still tired physically from Saturday's rescue.
Put them on the grass, covered them with a tarp.
When in town on Monday I had asked Princess Auto if I could return the tent and get a new one. They said "yup!" so did that today.
Lauren came over at 5ish with Bella. Bella is a doe that I bred last summer so she's a bit more than a year old. She's had an 'oops' litter. She needed to rehomed out of fairness to her... Her family is getting a new housemate and quarters are getting tighter something had to give and so Bella came to live here. I don't mind. I've regretted not being able to keep one from that litter and Bella is just a knock out.
Anyways, Lauren said she'd help us put up the new tent. Wow...did her helpfulness ever come in handy. :) Took us an hour to get it all set. Another hour to get most everyone back in and squared away...until we had to break for supper.
After supper I put the rest of the bunnies away. That was a challenge.
Decided to get the guinea pigs out of their wet housing...I have NO idea how they managed to get wet but they succeeded. So they are now in their summer housing pen.
Lost two mice to the rain last night. I didn't realize the tarp I covered them with lacked in the waterproofing department so they almost drowned. Two (one baby and one adult) got too wet and died. The rest I managed to rescue! The babies I brought in the house and used the hair dryer on them for a bit. And I managed to catch one of my mouse escapees tonight. YEAH!!! :)
Boy are my muscles sore.
Called Bob (next door neighbour) and asked him if the 'tent' was still standing.
He said, yup, everything looks good. I relaxed a bit.
got home...checked the tent...well...it wasn't all right.
So got all the rabbits out. Jim a total sweetie for helping me with this as he was still tired physically from Saturday's rescue.
Put them on the grass, covered them with a tarp.
When in town on Monday I had asked Princess Auto if I could return the tent and get a new one. They said "yup!" so did that today.
Lauren came over at 5ish with Bella. Bella is a doe that I bred last summer so she's a bit more than a year old. She's had an 'oops' litter. She needed to rehomed out of fairness to her... Her family is getting a new housemate and quarters are getting tighter something had to give and so Bella came to live here. I don't mind. I've regretted not being able to keep one from that litter and Bella is just a knock out.
Anyways, Lauren said she'd help us put up the new tent. Wow...did her helpfulness ever come in handy. :) Took us an hour to get it all set. Another hour to get most everyone back in and squared away...until we had to break for supper.
After supper I put the rest of the bunnies away. That was a challenge.
Decided to get the guinea pigs out of their wet housing...I have NO idea how they managed to get wet but they succeeded. So they are now in their summer housing pen.
Lost two mice to the rain last night. I didn't realize the tarp I covered them with lacked in the waterproofing department so they almost drowned. Two (one baby and one adult) got too wet and died. The rest I managed to rescue! The babies I brought in the house and used the hair dryer on them for a bit. And I managed to catch one of my mouse escapees tonight. YEAH!!! :)
Boy are my muscles sore.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Thunderstorm . . . Damage
So the first thunderstorm of the year just came through, although there are still some small, less intense cells on the local radar. I had just went out to close up the ends of the rabbit tent (one of those metal frame covered in tarp garages) when it hit. When I say hit, I mean HIT. The wind went from almost nothing to an outright gale--maybe not technically, but it certainly seemed like it. The rabbit tent started to lift off. I grabbed it with a little success, that is, it didn't blow away completely.
What did happen is that the tent pushed over two racks of rabbit cages knocking over the nesting cages in the middle, knocking over the aquariums full of mice (breaking one), and threatening to knock over the other two racks like a bunch of dominoes. I grabbed it and screamed for my mother because it was lifting me up--all 230 pounds and a tent.
There I was soaked to the bone, holding on to the cross bar of the rabbit tent being lifted off the ground wondering if I was on my way to Oz. Eventually (probably only a few minutes, but it felt like a very long time) my mom got out there to help, but even with the two of us we kept blowing up off the ground.
The only way to talk was to yell at the top of our lungs, and once the wind started to abate a small amount, my mom wondered if Justin was ok. Our concern was that he might come outside to find out what was happening so she went in to check. A minute or so later the two of them came out to help (yes, I still needed it) and slipped in the mud (yes, both of them). Justin started to cry, and stood right by grandma as the only safe place. Then when he had calmed he went and hid in the shed.
Slowly, oh so slowly, the wind started to diminish, and one person could handle things. So I checked on what was broken, then went inside to check the radar to see where the storm cells were. They were past our place, and as I was about to go out again, Justin was as the back door wanting to come in.
I let him in, and helped him take off his wet clothes. He told me how he was happy to live in a house because houses don't blow away, not like tents.
Out I went again, and mom and I lifted up the racks. I thought of trying to capture the mice, but having been bitten by a mouse before I decided catching scared mice was not a wise thing to do.
You may wonder where Annette was through all of this. She was at a women's conference in Hamilton. Thankfully, she was on her way home, and while I was not able to exit the tent yet, she called to say she was on her way home.
Soon, the wind and rain reduced enough, and I was cold and tired enough of holding the tent, that I simply headed inside to get out of the wet clothes, have a warm shower, and get dressed in something dry. Annette arrived a little after that and we went to check out the damage.
Here are the pictures:
While the two racks behind Annette are up again in this picture, but notice the middle cages are still on the ground.
Here is a large tear in the tent material.
Here is one of the two posts up the one side which were damaged by this. This has resulted in only two post on that side providing lateral stability so when the wind blows from that side the whole tent sways, and that side bows in very far.
The broken aquarium.
Finally, I didn't notice this until I took the pictures, but one of the top bars was snapped as well.
What did happen is that the tent pushed over two racks of rabbit cages knocking over the nesting cages in the middle, knocking over the aquariums full of mice (breaking one), and threatening to knock over the other two racks like a bunch of dominoes. I grabbed it and screamed for my mother because it was lifting me up--all 230 pounds and a tent.
There I was soaked to the bone, holding on to the cross bar of the rabbit tent being lifted off the ground wondering if I was on my way to Oz. Eventually (probably only a few minutes, but it felt like a very long time) my mom got out there to help, but even with the two of us we kept blowing up off the ground.
The only way to talk was to yell at the top of our lungs, and once the wind started to abate a small amount, my mom wondered if Justin was ok. Our concern was that he might come outside to find out what was happening so she went in to check. A minute or so later the two of them came out to help (yes, I still needed it) and slipped in the mud (yes, both of them). Justin started to cry, and stood right by grandma as the only safe place. Then when he had calmed he went and hid in the shed.
Slowly, oh so slowly, the wind started to diminish, and one person could handle things. So I checked on what was broken, then went inside to check the radar to see where the storm cells were. They were past our place, and as I was about to go out again, Justin was as the back door wanting to come in.
I let him in, and helped him take off his wet clothes. He told me how he was happy to live in a house because houses don't blow away, not like tents.
Out I went again, and mom and I lifted up the racks. I thought of trying to capture the mice, but having been bitten by a mouse before I decided catching scared mice was not a wise thing to do.
You may wonder where Annette was through all of this. She was at a women's conference in Hamilton. Thankfully, she was on her way home, and while I was not able to exit the tent yet, she called to say she was on her way home.
Soon, the wind and rain reduced enough, and I was cold and tired enough of holding the tent, that I simply headed inside to get out of the wet clothes, have a warm shower, and get dressed in something dry. Annette arrived a little after that and we went to check out the damage.
Here are the pictures:
While the two racks behind Annette are up again in this picture, but notice the middle cages are still on the ground.
Here is a large tear in the tent material.
Here is one of the two posts up the one side which were damaged by this. This has resulted in only two post on that side providing lateral stability so when the wind blows from that side the whole tent sways, and that side bows in very far.
The broken aquarium.
Finally, I didn't notice this until I took the pictures, but one of the top bars was snapped as well.
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