Summer here is the opposite of summer in Missouri and Pennsylvania.  We grew up where summer was hot and you needed to cool off in a swimming pool.  Here that kind of summer is November – February.

We have cool (cool for us 66-72 degrees), rainy weather.  Summer break from school is long and boring because you’re stuck inside a lot without entertainment options.

The other day it was raining somewhat heavy (it wasn’t a tropical downpour) and we heard water coming from the porch area.  We looked out and discovered our gutter down pipe sprung a leak.