Visited Thicut on Friday.

• As I drove up the driveway, the last hill, a fat raccoon trundled off ahead of me and up the knoll. Raccoons have such a funny gait. She stopped to check me out as I continued slowly by, then continued on more slowly.
• Small branches litter the road, but no big ones are down. 
• The power went off at some point, because the clocks are blinking, but it's on now. 
• There was a receipt in the door from the oil man, dated October 31st, so the oil tank is now 3/4 full. 
• The alarm display shows 2 smoke alarms with low batteries; we will replace them soon!
• Besides several answering machine messages from the Town of East Hampton warning about Sandy, and offering places to go; there was a nice message from 'Adam', the new minister in East Haddam, checking on Aunt Sandy and hoping she was safely in Bethesda.
• I turned off the water. 'Emptied the faucets, flushed the upstairs toilet. A 'small' Nor'easter is coming on Wednesday! Possible snow, but definitely wind and rain.
• Picked the last of the bright yellow mums from the garden in front of the barn to share with Mom.