Bye bye Irene

Am grateful that we got through Irene's visit with no mishaps. We did not even lose power which was a surprise. Others were not so lucky. There are millions without power, some in our neighborhood. Thousands of homes and boats were damaged. Huge trees came crashing down. Not to mention flooding and storm surges. I hope that you made it through unscathed.

Last week we had a nickel-sized hailstorm - I had no concept of how loud that is. Then there were thunderstorms with wind gusts high enough to damage docks at the marina. And now Irene. Am delighted that we have beautiful calm weather on the forecast this week.