Before today’s storm, we were able to gather most of the Asian pears off the tree. This year was a bumper crop and they are at their peak right now, sweet, juicy, and crunchy. I’ll take some to this weekend Alger’s Sunday Market, if tomorrow’s storm doesn’t blow us all away.

Today’s storm was strong enough to knock down a few trees across the driveway. We needed a chainsaw to get out to run an errand.