Way Back When-esday: Come On, Irene...

Dateline: September 2003
Twins' Age: Barely 2
Home's Age: Nearly 80

From the picture above, one may not be able to readily discern the sidewalk and roadway in front of our beloved Dutch Colonial home. Why? The greenery bludgeoned from the trees the night before, thanks to a sassy li'l hurricane by the name of Isabel, obscured the paved aspects of our neighborhood. Our home? Without power for days, but mercifully, unscathed.

This weekend, we're bracing for yet another fearsome "I"-name, She-Storm Irene.

Our twosome---and their mom and dad---warmed up for the weekend's weather antics mere hours ago with an unexpected 5.9 Richter-scale registering earthquake.

Staring down storms past and present (and shoring up against the "shakes!") warms my heart this mid-week!

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