Ohhh, Crud!

The tropics were quiet for so long, we were hoping that it would be an uneventful year for the big winds and rain. And then, here comes Ernesto. In 24 hours, we've moved from feeling sorry for New Orleans - again! - to dismay as the Ernie track moved farther and farther east. It seems to have spared Jamaica but now will slam through the middle of Cuba. The latest prognostication on US landfall is Tampa, Wednesday, with a lead pipe...that would be a category 2...then cutting across the Florida peninsula and exiting north of Jacksonville on Friday morning.


My current favorite hurricane web site is http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/ because it has the 4 or 5 most used computer models that our Orlando weather stations talk about.

The thing I've learned in the 10+ years we've lived in Florida is that the projected track of the hurricane will change. Stay tuned! We will see what the week brings...

Back to School

It's been so long since I posted --school starting may have something to do with that. I'd better not chide the rest of you who haven't put anything new up for awhile (hint, hint.) The weather is hot, school is going well, we are fine except I've got a dandy cold (thank you little student who came the first day with a huge congestion!) Since then three other students and my classroom assistant and another teacher have caught it. Here are some pictures of the little darlings. The letter "C" was our new sound this week thus the canines and Clifford ears. The older students are dad's kids on the first day going through their supplies and getting organized.