The front finally came through last night—first a squall line with a wind wall and lots of cloud to ground lightening. From first crash of thunder in the west to last rumble in the east no more than 10 minutes, but enought to send Pax to the basement. Then a lull of about 20 minutes, followed by the main storm of wind and rain.

The first squall was enought to shatter two old and moribund sugar maples in the park. And this evening it is still blowing to beat the band. I should have taken the camera and gone over to Saugatuck to see the towering seas.

The hardest thing of all is to see what is really there.

--J.A.Baker