Hurricane Nicole has done passed here

 71º with light misty rain and winds at 10 mph here in Leesburg, FL at 3:00 pm onThursday.  Nicole has passed us.  Rain through the night and some wind, then out of the north and now out of the Southeast.

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This was out our bedroom this morning a little after 8 am.  Steady rain.  Hurricane Nicole had been reduced to a tropical storm status before got to our area just northeast of Orlando.

This was

earlier

this

morning.

Blue dot

on map is where we are.

After Darrell, Jonathan and Lin

returned from a medical

appointment for Lin after

noon we went to a nearby

Italian restaurant for an

enjoyable late lunch.

Not much traffic out--many schools

and some businesses had closed

in anticipation of the storm.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  An aspiring Yogi wanted to find a Guru. He went to an Ashram and his preceptor told him, "You can stay here but we have one important rule: all students observe Mouna or a vow of silence. You will be allowed to speak in 12 years." After practicing for 12 long years, the day came when the student could say one thing or ask one question.  He said: "The bed is too hard."He kept going for another 12 years of austere discipline, meditation, and silence and finally got the opportunity to speak again. He said: "The food is not good.   

"Twelve more years of hard work and he got to speak again. Here are his words after 36 years of practice: "I quit." His Guru quickly answered: "Good, all you have been doing since you got here is complaining anyway!!"

We intend to drive back up to Wesson, Mississippi tomorrow, hoping we won't catch up with the storm as it moves north.

Later, LC - st