Signs of Life

Wilmington, DE, may as well be the Sahara desert this summer, as the unrelenting heat has overmatched the other elements of the weather. But there are signs of life, as this just bloomed rose in my backyard attests. The grass in my front yard long ago gave up the fight and now is little more than dry, brown chaff protruding from a hard, dusty earth. Hopefully the low precip will end this winter. I am all for a good snow at this point.

Meanwhile in the other Wilmington a family member lives in, Wilmington, NC, this past week my older brother had to contend with the unrelenting rain and wind of Hurricane Ophelia. Definitely a tale of two Wilmingtons...