On the Labour Day weekend last year we experienced a freak storm/mini-tornado.  So I was a little perturbed when on Sunday afternoon, at about the same time as last year, the blue skies vanished and the clouds rolled in.

20 minutes and 31mm of rain later, we had this:

The local streets are designed so that they fill up with water, rather than the houses. The water drains away an hour or so after it stops raining. And what can be more fun!

Without the damaging winds of the year before, the rain was all about “splashing in the puddle”, as Stella put it.

So much fun to be a kid in the rain!

And a  quick reminder – Northern Craft Bonanza starts again tomorrow (Wednesday) night – details are over here.  I’d love to see lots of you there!