All of a sudden, we have sun... Erich responded this morning as he got up by hissing and pretending to pull a cape over his head.
Vampire, or gamer geek-- I really can't tell what brought that on. ;)
Let me recap the last several days of New England Weather... rain. Nine effing days of it. And Friday night, which was the last full night of it, was the worst of all. It poured all night. We received over 4 inches from Friday night to Saturday night alone. We've received over a FOOT of rain already this month.
Even our basement, a declared dry basement, has a small amount of standing water in it. Thankfully under the oil tank, where nothing else is sitting. We're lucky because only a few short blocks away from our place across the city line in Cranston, we saw this in person on Saturday. These are all on US Route 1. (these photos were taken by others):
Some areas of Rhode Island are even worse, depending on their elevation and proximity to a river. Amazing how something that seems annoying, yet harmless while happening causes so much destruction, isn't it?
This morning, the sun came out, revealing a bright blue sky free of clouds, beckoning everyone to come outside.
And we did go out, despite the blustery winds that threatened us instead. Erich and I headed up to Concord, Mass. for our annual cheese shop trek-- only to find it closed on Sunday (le sigh). We made up for it with a nice lunch across the street and a lengthy wander through an antique store (leading to the purchase of three old books, including a first printing of Bambi and an 1840's printing of Paradise Lost).
We headed back south toward the farm stands in southern Mass. Erich and his dad always talk about The Big Apple in Wrentham, Mass., so we stopped by there to get... apples (duh) and a hot (!!) pumpkin pie. It was a madhouse, so we didn't stay long. I'll want to go back there again at some point when it's a bit calmer (if that is possible).
We also stopped at another stand closer to home, where I bought my obligatory autumn mums to decorate the front step, two mini pumpkins, and wicked cheap, but wonderful looking bell peppers (for 75 cents a pound!!).
And then we came home to wince as the Patriots lost again. (sigh)
Now Erich is curled up on the bed, working on his gaming campaign in a couple weeks. The kittens have been in a serious thumb-sucking mode this weekend and keep trying to suckle on whatever they can find (necks, stomachs, furry blankets, Colley). Last I knew, Elly was going for Erich's stomach again.
It's cute, but a little freaky, too.
Erich's chasing me to get dinner, given that it's nearly 11 p.m. I guess I should stop. :)
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