Earl the Swirl

Hurricane Earl.  (What comedian names these things, anyway?  The last one through here was Bob.)  Earl missed us by a lot last night, here on the Rhode Island coast, and so today we sheepishly drag our lawn furniture back out on the lawn and witness a sparkling, windy day, very blue sky, grey-green sea, big surf, scrubbed beaches with neat piles of stone.  A good end to a hurricane.