yesterday the wind came up late in the afternoon and I decided to protect a few spots…

put chairs around the obelisk on the deck so it wouldn’t fall over…

then I took a chair and propped it against the hibiscus… not only didn’t I want it to fall over, I didn’t want it to fall into the pond…

I didn’t feel that the mandevilla needed any protection so left it alone…

everything made it through fine although I have left the chair by the hibiscus as there are supposed to be strong wind gusts tonight…