Then -

- taken when sunshine filtered through Dogwood leaves on a warm day

- today, I'd have to slog through the rain to possibly get a shot
- but with rain and winds gusting
- not going to even try

- if any shots are taken
- they will be through my trusty windows

- Hurricane Michael has become a Tropical Storm

- looking out my window, the rains are here
- we are supposed to get in one day
- what we usually get in the entire month of October

- the hatches are battened down
- nothing that can get caught in a gust has been left out
- just hoping some of our neighbors have also
- would hate to have stuff thrown at our home
- but, one does what one can
- the rest is wait
- at least this one isn't crawling like Florence did

- we moved home to North Carolina from Florida
- but the Hurricanes got our forwarding address
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Update on Tropical Storm Michael - he is gone !

Had wind gusts of 50mph - few branches down but we are fine.

The worst part for us - no power = no way to fix coffee!

Power restored (we were of the 25,000 who lost power) - fridge /freezer clean out and re-stock.. It is very interesting the things one can discover to do when you have flashlights and candles.. Kudos to our Power Company for getting 25,000 customers back... in 24 or less hours