Yesterday was a busy day for me.  I had a closing and a couple of other real estate things to do, but the whole day I kept in the back of my mind the idea that I was going over to the beach to fish a little.

I had a form to be signed to extend a listing which required a trip to the island.  Then I had another meeting where I was dropping off house warming gifts for a recently closed house that required driving back up highway 58.

By the time we were done with all of that the clock was ticking towards 6 PM.  Still we made it over to the beach with plenty of time to fish.

The full fishing story is here.  The summary is that I hit one of my favorite beaches just as the Bluefish were jumping just beyond my casting range.

As luck would have it, the Bluefish moved closer to shore just as the sun was setting, and I managed to meet my goal of a catching a nice 16" long Bluefish.

It was lots of fun since I caught the Bluefish on the light rod that I bought for trout last year.
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This morning we still have couldy skies.  I am blaming it on the large storm that is pounding the New Jersey area.  This morning they have seen heavy rain and winds to 45 mph along with some tornado warnings.

This storm is the enhanced version of the storm that dropped over eight inches of rain on our area this past Monday.

It certainly feels like summer has escaped our grasp, but I am pretty sure that summer is not yet over.

It is supposed to warm up this weekend, and after all, this cool air feels good after all the heat and humidity that we saw in August.

I mowed my yard yesterday, and it was a whole lot more comfortable than my last mowing which let left me with not a dry thread on me.

This morning I read that much of the NC apple crop was damaged in a hail storm.  I guess we are stuck with collards.
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Last night while I was working in my office, I opened the windows.  The humidity had disappeared from the air.  As my wife said, September seemed to flip the page of the weather calendar this year.

I tried to sleep with my bedroom window open, but the frogs were still celebrating the 8.3 inches of rain so I had to close the window at about 3 AM.

This morning our front porch weather sensor which you can see by going to the link, clicking "Member Data," and viewing the Bluewater Cove point near "Camp Lejeune" was reading 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

That is actually pretty cool for the Crystal Coast in early September.  Unfortunately there is some even cooler weather building up to the far north.  Edmonton, Alberta is showing 36F this morning, and my friends in Montana are looking at 35F.

The good news is that we are supposed to warm up as the week moves toward the weekend.

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It is hard to believe that we got 8.3 inches of rain yesterday from 5 AM until midnight.

Our ditches were running full, but the culverts seemed to handle all the water.

With that much rain coming out of the sky, I doubt that we will have to worry about watering the yard again this year.

The centipede grass will start to slow down with fall anyway

It was a relief to see some blue skies this morning even if they only hung around for a few minutes.

It appears the storm has headed slowly north so we can focus on drying out and getting on with the rest of our beach season.

So how much rain did you have at your place?

I have not posted since Tuesday afternoon so it is a fair assumption that we have been cloudy in ensuing few days.

Dull clouds are hard to draw inspiration from on a regular basis.  Real estate business has also been busy with a couple of looming closings and some new buyers on the horizon.

This morning it was refreshing to see some blue sky working its way through the clouds.

The forecast for the weekend is spectacular though the marine forecast looks a little challenging with some pretty good winds.

We hope to get out in the boat this morning and maybe this afternoon.

Hopefully I will get some nice blue sky water pictures.

Today has dawned with lots of blue skies and light breezes.  There were white herons all around Bluewater Cove this morning.  The water was also mirror image quiet.

I am hoping to perhaps get out on the water today after church.

Real estate has keep me hopping most of this week, but I think I should be able to do some fun stuff this afternoon.

After today the weather is supposed to cool.

One of Canadian friends told me that there were some frost warnings in New Brunswick.

It is that time of year again.  Fortunately here on the coast we are just heading into our best season of the year.

Here are some pictures of our neighborhood white herons.

All week we have had our standard blue skies and white puffy clouds in the morning followed by more ominous clouds in the afternoon.

Today we lost our blue skies, but not before I cooked myself by mowing the yard at noon in full Southern heat.  I know better to mow in the midday heat, but sometimes you run out of options.

It did get partly cloudy this morning and by later in the afternoon, we had full cloud cover courtesy of Tropical Storm Danny.

I was working hard this morning and early afternoon to get a contract on a property.  So instead of starting to mow, I was waiting by the telephone.  I took advantage of the time and responded to someone considering moving to the Carolina coast.

Finally with the phone not ringing and noon approaching, I left my wife in charge of the phone, donned my straw hat, and let the heat wrap its arms around me.
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