I can't stand it! I swore last winter I was not touching this blog again until I redid and moved it off MT to Expression Enigine this summer.
I have been picking at it and snooping the new Expression Engine 1.3 release in the last week. I swear!
As of this moment, the blog still sits and here come the hummingbirds and hurricanes.
Hurricane Dennis is tracking toward my favorite part of the world, Gulf Shores, AL. The strongest hurricane on record for July in the Gulf. Scary stuff.
Right now, it has dropped to a Category 1 after being overland for ten hours. Dennis is expected to strengthen back to a Cat 3 before it makes landfall somewhere on the northern Gulf coast. It appears the best guesses range from Mobile to Panama City Beach. That is the exact path we drove last Christmas to see how things were going three months after Ivan. They were still devastated, but the spirit of the people was evident in Christmas lights and decorations amid the rubble. We cheered and cried at the same time.
There's my Hero of the Hurricane Season, "Indiana Weather". Dennis is back up to a Cat 2 as it pulls away from Key West.
Some light poking around the forum for Gulf Shores, AL on al.com seems has a much more tense and nervous feel than it did prior to Ivan last year. They seem to be trying to remain hopeful, but they are still rebuilding and have seen first hand what a major storm can do.
A forum that appears popular with Dauphin Island residents shows that some of the few full time residents are planning to batten down hatches and ride out the storm on the Island. Brave storm troopers or fools? Depends on your point of view. I have a funny feeling that if my home were there, I'd be with them right now. More power to them and bless them all!
I am probably only talking to myself due to my long absence from blogging, but I am going to go ahead and add a list of links to hurricane tracking sites other than the well trafficked weather.com. Mostly so I can find them easily in the future. There seems to be a good possibility of a long and rough hurricane season.
A quick Google search will bring up many more. All eyes seem to be on the northern Gulf coast right now. May they all ride out this storm in safety.
Now on to a brighter note. Hummingbirds!:
We did see the usual advance scout hummers in the early spring, one or two, but they normally move on. The flowers are not blooming yet. Even though they seem to love the sweet nectar of the feeders, the lantana and peavine flowers seem to be the staples they love for natural and buggy treats. Eat those bugs birdies, please!
This morning, over coffee on the patio, two females paid visits to the feeder in rapid succession. Turf wars have begun!
I declare Saturday, July 9th the official day to add the second feeder this season. Time to run cook some more nectar for the visiting ladies and their little ones.
Farron
[& Snoozing, Could Care Less _^..^_ ]
