It finally passed Jacksonville and was not as bad as we had anticipated.

Today I made my way back to the office after an impromptu holiday starring hurricane Dorian.

It was quite a surprise to learn that the company decided to close the building on the Tuesday and Wednesday following Labor Day.  Fortunately hurricane Dorian moved away from the Florida coast and spared us from the devastation that was anticipated.  Although there have been reports of trees down and beach erosion, it turned out to be merely a breezy day inland.

Everyone is now breathing a sigh of relief, as Northeast Florida has winded down emergency measures and returned to normal.

My daughter-in-law captured the sentiment in this photo of Lydia and Rory which she captioned

“What Hurricane?”#hurricanedorian #muddypuddles #puddlejumping #lydiaruth⭐️ #auroramiriam✨

With nowhere to go for two days, I spent my homebound storm stint working on my customary hurricane pastime:

Scrapbooking

Many Years ago, Mama got me started scrapbooking with a selection of tools and this giant green album from Creative Memories.  Part of the fun was getting together with others (Mama and Gina) to share tools and ideas for crafting a creative page to add to one’s scrapbook.

Back then I would combine photos from various years to create a theme, like these “school days” pages featuring school portraits of Stephanie, Amanda, and Richard spanning from 1991 through 1997:

More recently, I began working on new albums.  I have one for each of my kids:

My newest album is dedicated to My adventures with LB

and Elvis, of course:

I still have a lot of work to do on this scrapbook photo album.  Maybe we’ll have another [uneventful] storm day that I can dedicate to doing just that!

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