'Round Here

Caleb binge watched hurricane coverage.

Eventually I hope to get back to blogging regularly.  I've been blogging less partly because there is so little time and partly because of the new room construction.  The computer is moved upstairs and in an awkward location where I don't like to sit.  So I'll keep this short.

Well, we had a very light brush from Hurricane Matthew last week.  The expectations leading up to its approach were very inconsistent and naturally they erred on the side of caution because it was a very dangerous storm.  But our part of it consisted of a very little wind (no where near tropical storm strength), a very little rain, and a mostly quiet day with overcast skies.  We were on the western side of the storm - aka the "clean side".

It's interesting how the whole county totally shut down for this storm - and how once it was clear that we were in the clear, they could not reboot.  The storm passed by us on Thursday.  There was no school Thursday or Friday, no mail Thursday, no garbage pick up Thursday or Friday, and all government offices and parks were closed Thursday and Friday.  And today was much windier than either of those days.

Otherwise - the monarch chrysalis we've been watching survived the storm.  I weighted down the butterfly cage with a big rock.  I figured the chrysalis could handle the humidity, but it probably didn't need to blow down the street.

Caleb got some ocean fishing in this weekend.

One of the other fishermen said it was a baby pompano - which grow very large.

 C & A made banana bread together.  They didn't make a big mess, worked together well, and learned the hard way how to tell the difference between tsp and tbsp.

But it looks good :)

 And I've been watching a weed in our front yard and thinking of digging it up, but didn't because I was curious to see what it became.  It bloomed this week - it's blanket flower - and I actually planted it on purpose a LOOOOOOOONG time ago, but thought it didn't take.  More blooms on the way!  Yay!