Thank you to all our friends and family who called to check on us here in western North Carolina.  

 

I am here to report that we are all fine.  We got about 7 inches of much needed rain over three days, so the garden is happy.  We walked down to the creek yesterday expecting it to be running with lots of water, and it was just a trickle.  It has been so dry lately that all that water must have soaked down into the ground.  Good news for the aquifer.  We also expected to see trees down, but there wasn't much wind, so we didn't see any.  It appears that hurricane Helene bypassed us.

 

Asheville and the surrounding areas weren't so lucky.  They suffered major damage and devastation.  

 

Our prayers are with them.