The weather has been a little wild. Friday night/Saturday morning we had severe thunderstorms. The lightening hit quite a few buildings and homes. Fortunately our community did not have any fires started by lightening. Ben did go out a little after midnight and did not return until about 5:00 a.m. yesterday morning. The fire department was primarily resetting fire alarms that had been set off by the electrical surges when a transformer was shorted.

During the day yesterday, the humidity shot up. There was so much moisture in the air that we felt subtropical. The temperature was not that high but the humidity sure was. We turned on the air conditioner primarily to take the humidity out of the house. I had not been outside between late morning and mid afternoon and was surprised by how humid it was. In the evening a complex of severe weather came through; it also brought rotating wind which means there is a potential for tornadoes if it touches the ground. Even where it did not become a tornado, wind blew down trees and caused other damage.

During the afternoon, the female oriole/s came to the jelly feeder and a hummingbird flew through the yard. I cleaned both feeders, replaced the jelly, and made fresh syrup. The feeders looked extremely fresh and bright. Later a male oriole came to the feeder. There was a big variety of birds visiting too.

We are speculating that the orioles had some favorite food source growing somewhere. It is no longer producing food so they are looking for feeders.