As Hurricane Kirk passed by, wreaking havoc in Spain, Portugal, France, and beyond, he pulled down arctic air to blanket us. Mid-day yesterday, it suddenly got very cold and has remained there since. Temperatures have dropped to 3C overnight, and they were predicting frost in the Midlands.
It's been alternately sunny and cloudy with the occasional shower, except last night, when the moon showed brightly to the south but was cloudy to the north, where the aurora was seen again throughout Ireland. Bummer, I missed it again.
Lots of cleanup is taking place in the garden. Alex has strimmed the orchard with the intent of seeding yellow rattle.
I raked up the leaves and cut back all the perennials and started pulling Mombretia. It's going to take a long time to finish. I think with leaves and grass we will finally have good compost next year.
On another front, although Hurricane Milton put much of Florida under rain water or ocean surge, the destruction was not as bad as feared. He continued across from cat 3 to cat 1 spawning scores of tornados and affecting both coasts. Over 3 million lost power, the new normal.
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