As anyone with access to TV or the internet knows, the first tropical storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season, Arthur, has formed off Florida and blossomed into a full blown, if so far minimal, hurricane off the South Carolina coast. The consensus of the hurricane models is that, after whacking the Outer Banks on July 4, the storm will pass us by comfortably out to sea some time the same day on its way to an engagement in Nova Scotia.
However, one errant European model has it running directly over us. . .
It certainly feels like tropical storm weather here. It was already 80 F and muggy under mostly cloudy skies when we got up. However, we're still expecting a line or two of thunderstorms from the north later, part of the cold front that's expected to push Arthur out to sea.
We made it to the beach around 11 AM and enjoyed a short walk. It was still mostly cloudy, and the wind from the west didn't reach down over the cliffs to give up much respite from heat and humidity.
This Great Blue Heron insisted on fishing in front of us on the way home, until squeezed between us and other beach-goers it decided to fly around to the empty side.
Some local kid (possibly aided by a father) made a home build swim platform and anchored it in shallow water near the north jetty. Kind of ingenious, it is filled with quart soda bottles for flotation. I've blurred out the telephone number on it so you won't be tempted to call and ask for building instructions.
Since it's a relatively short beach report, I'll add a few photos from the garden, after we returned. First this
dragonfly, welcome for its mosquito eating propensities.
A
Cabbage White butterfly (female, according to the double spot on the forewing) trying to sip from our sage while in flight, like a humming bird. One thinks of butterfly wings as rigid, but still photos of them in flight often show the wings quite bent.
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