The tropical storm Ophelia came ashore South of the Outer Banks and its track North should pass West of us. We had to reset clocks and timers from the overnight outages. But oddly, there was some blue sky as cardinals anxiously sought breakfast. The rain only began again about 8:30am. Between yesterday and today we got a couple of inches.
Meanwhile, on the butterfly milkweed, totally ignoring the weather, five monarch caterpillars chomped up leaves and seedpods. They had grown much bigger which probably is why I was able to see them all. I hope they pupate before they eat all the seedpods!
The wind pushed the tide over the dock. I found interesting information on tropical storms & hurricanes at The Daily News in Washington state. We had a few moments of sunshine in the afternoon but then a sort of spitting mist and the wind picked up again. A lot of tree debris fell into the water. Between the temperature, the wind, and the humidity, I was not motivated to get wet. I just netted branches off the bottom. Maybe tomorrow.
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