My deepest sympathy to all my friends up and down the East Coast. Florida is sending you a gift and I don't think you are going to be happy with it. Hurricane Sandy kissed us with her balmy breezes and a sprinkling of rain these past 2 days but she is building up her strength to smack you up side your heads. The fact that the center of this storm is headed straight for Washington DC one week before elections tells me that God has a sense of humor and is possibly trying to wipe out our politicians once and for all. Could the message be much clearer?
Down here in South Florida we welcome breezes and cooling temperatures at this time of the year. We have just finished with Summer, (MY favorite season of the year . . . thanks to the absence of "Snow Birds" and traffic.) But it does get warm and I start longing to open the windows and doors to let in the fresh air. This past summer was lovely as usual. The pool got up to a fantastic 96 degrees and it was a delightful time to sit in the shade and watch the world go by. Even running back and forth to doctor offices couldn't dampen the season. We had a lot of rain but it was spread out over several months so we didn't mind it in the least. (Rainy days give you an excuse to stay inside and get some cleaning done.)
But now it is late October and we are ready for some cooler temperatures and less humidity. The pool has cooled down to a mere 84 degrees and is much too cool for swimming. (Or so I am told by daughter-in-law Kristen) Smith and I will still go swimming as did Kaelin and Finn when they were here but the true Floridians won't even put a toe in the "cold" water. And now with Sandy having just blown through the pool is filled with debris so unless I am going in with a shovel there won't be much swimming going on till next spring. We left NY so I wouldn't have to rake leaves and shovel snow. Who knew I would be shoveling my pool?
Today is a FABULOUS day! The sun is out and the wind is blowing so hard that my wind chime is playing a symphony. I opened all the windows and sliding glass doors and let the air blow away the summers accumulation of dust bunnies. Everything smells so fresh and clean. On a normal day we almost ALWAYS have a great breeze blowing but today is extra windy. Sandy did blow through here and even though there was the usual "HURRICANE HYPE" we had nothing to bother us. Storm watcher Ger is off his usual Storm Watch and appeared to not care if we were about to die in a hurricane. He doesn't even seem to be concerned that our daughter and family may get pounded by our hurricane. Nor does he seem to care that all our family and dear friends in North Carolina through Maine are about to get hit by the storm of the century. That just goes to tell you how poorly he is feeling. I really thought this storm would have roused him from his lethargy but it didn't happen. I wonder if a water spout in the pool would get him to notice?
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