You know, I have no personal gripe with precipitation. Rain makes the grass grow, and helps drown garden slugs. A good hard rain will keep the roof of a house cool and moisturized, plus fills many a rain barrel with….rain. Hence the naming of the barrels.

When you enjoy almost a full month of daily rain though, it will begin to play on you. When you arise every morning, day after day, to varying degrees of downpour, you start to plan a hit on Mother Nature. Nothing fatal, but you’d certainly like to send a strong message.

Last weekend, it even literally rained on my parade. I was driving a Canadian Diabetes Association van, in a small-town Alberta parade. In the rain. It also later hailed, and not to the Chief. If rain was nickels, we’d be drowning in cheap pocket change…

I believe I have almost had my fill of daily rain. Sometime before I have to dust off the snow shovel, it would be nice to see the sun…

A soggy “Chow for now”!!