Fay who?

Cabin fever is setting in as we have been trapped indoors for a few days now with Tropical Fay spitting and blowing all over us. For the most part, this has felt like any other rain storm for us. We lucked out a bit by having the eye pass right over us so we didn't get as much rain or wind as some of our unfortunate statewide neighbors... 30" in Melbourne!
We did lose power last night and had a tree go down, but no big deal, it was dead already and needed to get it out. We were just happy that we don't have to deal with putting up shutters anymore!!So, we enjoyed playing games, reading books and watching the ridiculous weather reporters play out the drama on TV... I'm including an email quote - from a good friend/former colleague of mine from Palm Bay who went through the worst of it - about the reporters... "One reporter was sitting in a canoe, expounding on the necessity of the canoe so he could wave his arms and show us the flooded street in front of him. Just then, three kids came running by, splashing him as they ran by in the ankle-deep water. It was obvious that the canoe was sitting firmly on the ground beneath it. I thought I would cry, I was laughing so hard!" It is strange the need they feel to make it more dramatic than it is... the real news is riveting enough.

The kids played on the computer...Baked cookies...This is the Florida version of a snow storm except that we can't make snowmen or go skiing. The kids love going out in it though and spent a good part of the day playing in the warm rain.A dragonfly waiting for the rain to stop... (you probably need to click on this pic to see it)A puddle party...unfortunatley somehow I managed to film this on super fast speed but you get the idea...