A Shift of the Wind

So...
The wind began to shift.

This isn't the sort of thing you ignore, even if there isn't a cloud to be seen overhead.

The barometer calls for rain, the National Weather Service calls for heavy rain in three waves overnight, but it was the wind that begged the question.

And so, despite the brilliant big dipper, directly overhead, and a bright flash arcing across it (fire fly), it was time to take in the laundry, in the dark.