SPRING RAINS + HIGH TIDE + FULL MOON + STRONG WINDS =

As you read in the title ~

SPRING RAINS

 HIGH TIDE

FULL MOON

 STRONG WINDS

equals

potential 

a HIGH potential

for a flooded basement ~

In September 1996

this is what happened to us,

however this time around it's 

|| SPRING 2019 ||

 When we got home

from lunch at the French Cafe

my 1st reaction was to begin shoveling the water

by the back door.

Fingers crossed

as the rains are beginning to abate

and the basement is surviving.

Got to go now

in case

 the shovel needs to be put into use again!

~~~

PS: the picture of Sophie is her sniffing the frozen walkway

outside our back door before the rains began.

EVEN JUST A BIT OF "OODLE"

Just as I snuggled into the front seat 

on the passenger side

getting ready for 

my 1st Doodle Driver Training lesson ~~~

I peered out the window and noticed this Doodle tied to the tree

waiting patiently for Mr/Ms human to come out of Starbucks.

Doesn't seem fair

because it's beginning to rain

and I mean rain ~~~

see what I mean

I am kind of worried about my DoodleFriend ~~

the sun is going down and the streets are wet and messy

I always worry about my Friends,
no matter if they have a bit of
"OODLE"
in them or not!!

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY ~~~

Or maybe I should say

~~~ DRIZZLE DRIZZLE GO AWAY ~~~

With Topical Storm Karen petering out,

our shores will only get a smidgen of wetness.

So typical with autumn weather

just slightly curtailing our longer excursions ~~~

But not our visits to the city.

 We just cut through the heart of it

to reach the park ~~~

 returning  a slightly different route

heading for a coffee / tea break

so paramount on "their" minds.

I end up staring out the car window ~~

" while trying to figure what the graffiti says on the walls "

and remembering that the park walks really 

rank No. 1 

on my daily to-do list.

~~~

RAIN or SHINE

they are DIVINE !!

MUCHO RAIN

These passed couple weeks we have been living through a deluge of rain.

One day on my favourite canal jaunt

we arrived with the clouds moving in and over us

and you can see the mist rising from the forest.

Looking straight up!

Oh yes, but not to view the clouds of course,

but to catch my friend.

The canal was still,

but not so much after I caught Mr. O

 leaving ripples up and down the waterway.

I'm like an arrow shot out of a crossbow.

Aim, shoot and Bingo !

The darkness was evident behind me

but as you can see the clouds were beginning to break.

Another day we started over favourite city jaunt

at Point pleasant Park

and

look what happened while I was returning to shore.

Raindrops and warm air,

such an unusual feeling 

because I'm so used to raindrops and cool air.

A much welcomed change.

Then into the car for 1/2 hour drive home.

Meeting and passing these 2 horses,

I was glad to be back in my warm seat

gauging everything from my dry

point of view!

(from our the kitchen window will it ever stop?)

Rain & Wind today!

Today we awoke to a massive rain and wind storm!

Had to drive into the city of Halifax for a dental appointment for one of my guys

which proved to be a white knuckle drive, all the way.

The wind was so strong and the rain just kept coming down in buckets

and this was at 7:30 am.

The power went out so we figured we'd just go into town 

and pray that it would be back on when we returned.

(not quite...5 hrs later...finally power)

These pictures were taken after we returned home

and had decided to see what was happening at the beach.

I didn't last long on the shore

because of the ferocity of the winds. 

The sea foam was flying through the air

covering Jim's glasses.

> <

Here is a picture of sea foam from last February

during a wild time at he beach.

I scurried back to the car and was so glad to get out of that wind storm.

My ears tend to block my view when Mother Nature acts up!