• Life In General

    Now We Wait….

    I took this outside my office in Williamsburg around 2:00 today…. ….we were beginning to see some of the first bands of clouds this morning around sunrise. Five o’clock today looking west. Six o’clock looking east……he will be passing by us off shore. Tropical storm warnings….maybe I will sleep through it.

  • Life In General

    Gulp!

    An update ~ for those of you who don’t check the Weather Channel every hour on the hour after hearing the words “hurricane in the Atlantic moving west” 🙂 …Hurricane Earl is still a powerful Category 4 hurricane headed towards the United States.  Everyone keeps saying it is going to turn….the sooner the better please.  I’m hopeful…but then ~ Image Credit ~ The Weather Channel This is the worst case scenario….passing right over the Outer Banks.  They have issued a hurricane watch for most of the North Carolina coast.  Interests in Virginia and north to New England have been advised to monitor Earl.  The best case scenario has it at a more…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 8.29.10

    Outside My Window…is a sunshine, blue skies with a few white puffy clouds.  The temperature at 10:45 is 82ºF with about 60% humidity.  It feels pretty warm when you walk outside.  Forecast today is for the upper 80’s with no rain.  That seems to have been the mantra for most of our summer…..no rain.  We have managed to squeeze a few drops here and there to keep things from completely dying….but the ground is quite dusty and could use a few days of water.  But…..be careful what you wish for this time of year because we are heading into the heart of the tropical and hurricane season right now and there…