We had a visitor from the sky come out this afternoon just before dinner. It seems like this iron bird was inspecting our downed power lines, which gave us hope that we might get our power turned back on before next year.

This post is part of our Two Weeks Without Electricity series.  Read all of the entries: Off the grid Friday we lose power Taking stock Backup power details Exploring our new world Sawing our way out How to make a Dutch oven Contact An outstanding anniversary Emergency power outage infrasturucture Help from above A full day of generator power Power tease Let there be light Jumping for joy

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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