rainy days and tuesdays

I suppose we've been lucky so far. Despite being in London, we had not yet experienced a rainy day. We'd had plenty of overcast days, days with little droplets which might have signaled to an inexperienced weather watcher that it was time to take out the brollies, but everyone around us just went about their business. I think that people in England get accustomed to a generally consistent level of gloom and dampness throughout most of the year, and save the umbrellas for those very special occasions... like today.

It really did rain. Like, a lot. And, as luck would have it, it was the day that we had picked to go on several errands which required walking around quite a lot. (And which we didn't end up being able to complete, but more on that later...)

Looking on the bright side, though, (haha) this was also the first chance we had to use the lovely umbrellas [pictured above] given to us before we left New York by Tesia! One has an image of the Manhattan skyline around its perimeter, the other of the Brooklyn Bridge. So, each time we have to brave the elements, we get a chance to experience a little reminder of home. Thank you, Tesia!! Here's a closer view:



And now, to finish off this rainy post, here's one of my favorite Magnetic Fields songs, "All the Umbrellas in London." You can enjoy it wherever you are, whatever the weather: