I called Oncor this evening after work, thinking they'd send someone tomorrow to look at the branch on the line, but the tech was here within 30 minutes. And though he initially was going to write this up to do at a later time during work hours, he evidently changed his mind and came back and told me he'd have a crew over here tonight. In the dark. Cutting limbs from this tree. Ugg. I should have waited till morning.

Speaking of decluttering, this evening I got out the grooming tools to start getting the undercoat off of the dogs. I owned but hadn't previously used the pet shedding blade, but on Poppy it does an amazing job of pulling out that fluffy coat. So far I can't get Zeke (the lab retriever) to stand still for more than a pass or two, but the Furminator works well on him. As it gets hotter they're uncomfortable, so I need to get this off of them now. I'm collecting a lot of the hair in a grocery bag so it doesn't blow all over the yard. Last time I brushed her outside and let the hair blow it looked likes something had been killed and eaten back there. :-/