The phone rang at dinnertime.
It was a reverse-911 call from the county warning of the incoming storm and pleading for residents to stay home and stay put if you’re not in an evacuation zone. And don’t drive through water in the roadway!
And yet all was quiet here so far. So I took a moment to photograph the biggest Anya seedling: I love its formation, it’s such an elegant little bundle of hope, and its leaves have really grown. It just makes me so happy.
There was enough air movement to twirl its skirts a little.
The start of the storm keeps being pushed back–11:00 pm, they think now. Edit, nope, 1:00 am.
That pear tree was a staked newly planted whip when we moved here. Hey, little apricot? You’ve got this.