Western Washington was hit with a fierce windstorm yesterday, causing a lot of damage and power outages. The wind was howling around the house in that nerve-wracking way. Out on Puget Sound, the Keystone Ferry off Whidbey Island was hit with 60 mph winds, driving it sideways and almost up on the beach. I couldn't find the video on YouTube, but Click HERE for the KOMO News weather blog link.
We have a bit of a lull now, but the next round of rain and wind hits later this morning. Drenching rain in the lowlands, snow piling up in the mountains all week. In case there was any doubt in your mind, it's mid-November.
As usual, the leaves fell off the fig tree all at once and blew everywhere. Now the bare branches are covered with hundreds of green (rotting) figs. Sometimes the starlings eat them, but it's basically a worthless tree, despite it's vigor.
People baby fig trees, but you could cut this one to the ground and the branches would spring right back. Only a few plants are still alive from 1980, when we first moved in. The indestructible laurel hedge (of course) the holly tree, and the fig. You get attached to the old-timers. And for everything else, I only have myself to blame.
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