It started raining sometime during the night. The forecast was certain it would rain, but our visitors yesterday evening complained that the clouds somehow separated and left our town high and dry. Like so many people on the prairies, they view positive statements and expressed hopes as a sure way to have the opposite happen when it comes to weather, crops, or about their own lives. They embrace negativity while secretly hoping for good results. My wife and I are optimists. We don’t hesitate to say what we think because of some superstitious curse that the farming community allows to colour their world outlook.
As I said, it is raining – so much for the curse. By two o’clock this afternoon, there was two-and-a-half inches of the liquid gold. Since we anticipate another two days of on-and-off rain, we should be able to get somewhere between four and five inches of rain.
There is a small downside for us. We won’t be walking down country roads and dirt trails until everything dries out. It is worth the wait. We will still be able to walk around town when there is no rain falling. And for me, it means I get to do more work on the archives here at Naturist Lens. I have now taken care of the posts from the distant past until the spring of 2018. I have another 170+ posts left to update. In case you are wondering, there are over 680 posts in the archives.
Enough about the archives, back to the rain. As almost always when there is rain, I take the opportunity to be in the rain, even today when it has been 12 degrees Celsius since we woke up before six this morning. I just make sure to take out the hearing aids before going out to get thoroughly wet. I don’t want to compromise the hearing aids as they are too expensive to repair and/or replace.
Twelve degrees? Well it sounds better to use Fahrenheit which translates to fifty-seven. Don’t worry, I’m not crazy. I went back into the house before I got too cold. The house is kept to a toasty 19 Celsius / 66 Fahrenheit. When we feel it will be too cold in the house, we will turn on the fireplace, not the furnace, as we want our bedroom to stay cool. We have a quilt to keep us warm at night.
Are all Canadians this brave with temperatures? Of course not, not even those who are wrapped in layers of clothing.