very nice photo and description - how has it been wth the wind being so weird for the past two months? Here it's been set in the NE for weeks, rather than the more normal SW - in the East that has meant very cold days (for the time of year), little rain and trees bending completely the wrong way.
Until 2 weeks ago it had been from the N or NE since...well...October/November. I can count on 1 hand the number of times it came from the S or SW, where you'd normally expect it (excluding days when it was stormy and everyone was indoors!) The gulf stream, like last year, is "off" elsewhere.