Hurricane Irene

[tourmalina]

Today is hurricane Irene day. It's breezy out, with cooler temperatures in my area. The high winds knocked over my bell pepper plant container. I stood it back up and have tied it to the cinderblock wall in the backyard. One of my tomato plants (the tallest, that I grew from a seed from an actual grocery store tomato) was drooping heavily in its metal cage, so I straightened that one up and tied it to the wall as well. Five green tomatoes were torn from their branches, so I've brought them inside to ripen on a shelf.

I know some people are suffering from flood waters, storm damage and power outages, but we're lucky to be enjoying the cooler weather that the breezes have brought us.