Here in midcoast Maine we have 16" of heavy wet snow on top of the 2-3' already on the ground. We will be shovelling and using the snow rake all week. The snow banking all around the house foundation is now four to five feet high. We can walk up the drift behind one shed all the way up to the roof. We enjoyed rye bread baked in a Dutch oven on the wood stove.

Central Maine Power has worked hard restoring power to the 130,000 people and businesses reporting outages across Maine at the height of the storm. I have no idea how many are still waiting; ours was out for only 36 hours.

I love the quiet while all the power is off.

maeve