As of 9 AM EST this morning forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are not sure what Dorian does after it slams into the Florida Atlantic coast somewhere in the middle around Melbourne or Daytona. Orlando will likely get some of it but then who knows? Does it carry into the Gulf of Mexico and swing north to eastern Panhandle (me) or track across the Gulf gaining strength and heading for New Orleans or even Houston. We may know in a few days.
Meanwhile it’s also likely The Florida State University will be cancelling the Saturday night football game in Jacksonville against Boise State. The Broncos are due to fly out today so no doubt there will be a decision by then. The kids may be excited about coming to Florida, seeing the ocean, even being near a hurricane, but... It’s not that folks are worried about playing in the rain, maybe a day before Dorian landfall, but that any evacuation involving a million people will make a mess of I-95 (coastal) and I-75 (inland 60 miles) or even I-10 going west.
I‘ll be spending Sunday securing stuff in the yard, checking on the hurricane, and wondering if I also will have to evacuate. My idiot neighbor will do nothing having learned from Michael last October that he is totally safe after that cat-3 missed us by 40 miles.
The rest of this bucket is photos from my woodsy yard. Enjoy, thanks for stopping by and see ya in the comments with news of your backyard happenings.
Butterflyweed has been flowering in my yard all summer with most plants flowering twice. As many times as I have seen pollinators visiting, their track record for getting it done is weak. Finally tho we have pods — 2 ripening on the parent and 2 just forming on a 2nd gen plant. Any Asclepias seedpods are in heavy demand so I hope these can dry on the stalk. I’m told that is best for seed development. The Redring Milkweed lost 8 pods to Hurricane Michael last year.
A couple white flowering plants native to my yard..
There will have to be a culling of the Beebalm this year, especially if we get another mild winter and it does not freeze back. And back to pink purple blooms...
Here’s a couple more pea family plants from recent comments.
Looking forward to the yellows of Goldenrod and several other wildflowers I have not seen in a year. And a few mysteries to solve...