The wind and the rain

Air temperature 57 F, wind southerly gusting to 34 mph, rain squalls. Record high for the date 54 F, which we beat overnight. Still have power.

Sacred rites

I remain the perpetual outsider to many of your seasonal rituals. Just one example, I have never seen "Die Hard" . . .

Palestrina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaQhK5sjKYI

Rousting the vagrants

Just went out and collected a plastic milk jug that wandered through on the breeze. This way it won't end up jammed under the car, or aloft and unreachable in the burning bush out back as a permanent reproach.

Dodging the raindrops

Wind still rattling the place, but we all got out for separate walks. Most serious damage seen was a 12" fir or spruce across the way and down the street a bit, broken off and landed on an older Jeep the guy uses to plow his driveway. No estimate of the carnage, and the rig may still be up to its appointed tasks.

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Quieting down and we still have power. Supposed to get more rain, but the worst of the wind is past. High of 61 F, versus a record for the date of 54 F . . .