President's Day

There could not have been a bigger contrast between last Monday's weather and today. Last Monday was -10C and windy, today was +22C and sunny!!! People were out in shorts, Tshirts and flip flops!

We were shocked when we opened the door and stepped outside this morning. It didn't look particularly warm when we first headed out (the sun came out shortly after), but it was - and humid too (a little reminder of what summer is like!). We dropped by the local coffee shop and decided to change our plans for the day.

We were expecting cold, so had planned a day of sitting by the fire and then popping along to watch the President's Day parade, followed by more sitting by the fire. As it was lovely, but we couldn't decide where to go, we headed down to Ikea to replace the downstairs rug which has come out rather battlescarred from being in front of the fireplace. We got home around 11:30 to discover that some sod had parked his Jaguar in the Residents Only parking outside our neighbours house...but had parked so badly that he also took up a few feet of our space too. They got a note, in which I pointed out the slightly selfish nature of their actions! Parking is at a premium on Parade days, and we would normally leave something in the space to stop people parking in our slot...but because we impulsively decided to head off we hadn't bothered this time. D'Oh!

The parade was slightly random!! There were a few people dressed as George Washington and his cronies, a few re-enactment groups, fire engines, police, cubs and brownies, llamas decked in the American flag....yes, you read right - Llamas!!! As I said - totally random!!! We watched for an hour, but that was as much excitement as we could take. We wandered homeward via Safeway...and not a moment too soon, as the rain started just as we got to the store.

Photos to follow when I have downloaded them...