…And Bells on Her Toes

Guess what?  It’s raining.  Again.  At the beginning of the year the weather climatologists predicted this would be a very hot, dry summer.  So far in Toronto, it’s been the wettest summer in 70 years.  So far this year we’ve had 1.16 feet of rain.  It’s more impressive if you say it in millimetres – all 354.2 of them.

We went to Centre Island on Saturday to my company’s picnic.  It rained on the ride down there.  It rained when we got there.  It got sunny for two minutes.  It rained when we ate lunch.  Then the thunder started, the skies grew black and the heavens opened up.  We high-tailed it to the ferry and got soaked on the way.  We dried off a bit on the ferry ride to the mainland, but then we had to walk to the car.

Here’s a hint.  If you go to the Toronto Island, bring an umbrella.

It’s a good thing we didn’t bring Caity because she probably would have drowned.  We stepped in puddles up to our ankles (Lexy’s calves).  It’s the wettest I’ve ever been with clothes on.  We didn’t get to go to Centreville because of the rain, but on the bright side we have a children’s all day pass for another day that’s good until the end of September.  Maybe next time we’ll bring Grandma… and an umbrella!