Yesterday we had violent thunderstorms in the afternoon, due to the passage of a "cold" front, and over the course of 2 hours or less had over 2 inches of rain (according to our home rain gauge). As is usually the case, the day after such a frontal passage, the air is cooled and drier (merely 79 or so), and the sky is blue. You can see the Bay is muddy from the dirt washed in.
It's still a bit choppy, but this senior kayaker is out getting his exercise, despite the dirty water and the waves.
The first sign of Kudzu blossoms. Kudzu has a lovely violet
raceme, with many pea-like flowers, that open first at the bottom and then up the stalk of the inflorescence with time. The flowers have the smell
of ripe grapes!
An interesting erosional feature I've never seen before. Lots of water poured over the cliff edges yesterday, and caused erosion (hence the muddy water), but here, a trickle of muddy and sandy water came down the cliff face and deposited what looks like a
giant drip sand castle. Georgia kindly provides a reference scale.
Blackberries are starting to ripen. However, of the five I picked and ate, only one was really sweet. Usually the birds get to the good ripe ones before humans.
A mother and daughter enjoy the waves despite the dirty water.
There were lots of
Ospreys out today, flying back and forth, looking for food. Hunting must have been tough with the chop and dirty water, I only saw one carrying a fish, and I didn't see any of them attempt a dive.
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