Hurricane Michael

There was rain overnight but at breakfast the sun peeped out.  The creek was quiet and few leaves floated on the water.  K took in the feeders last night so birds did not visit.

At lunch time the sun was shining in a hazy sky and it was hot and steamy.  I saw a pair of fiery skippers mating.  There were adults among the remaining milkweed bugs. By mid afternoon a little rain had fallen, the wind had risen, and the clouds had taken over.

After dark, it became rainy and windy, but the real storm hit after 11pm.  The wind roared and the power went off three times between 11:30 and 12:45.  If it went off after that, I was asleep and missed it.  There was lightning but any thunder was drowned out by the wind.  The lightning revealed the oaks thrashing in the wind.