the first noel, an early arrival

The wind is blustery & the windows or in our case, the sliding doors have been rattling since last night. It's a sound we haven't quite heard all through the summer months, until now. Time to put everything away. Just as Bermuda's hurricane season comes to a close with no reportings for this year, we now have to prepare for our first, Tropical Storm Noel, expected to reach its closest point of approach by Saturday. Luckily all we're going to get are the remnants of the storm, but that means we're still going to be hit with a lot of rain, gale force winds, rough waves, that sort of thing. Grrr! This weekend is definitely shot to hell.