When you were a kid did you ever press your nose on the picture window of the local candy store, looking at all the goodies: so close but, without a nickel in your pocket, so far away? You can see it, you can smell it but you just can’t put it in your mouth.

Well, that is exactly how I felt all day today. However, instead of candy, I am just sitting here, drooling over the great snorkeling that is so close to us.

It poured cat and dogs most of last night and continued to rain off and on all day today. This weather is just so funny…except I am not laughing. The weather charts on the Bureau of Meteorology’s web site indicate that tomorrow and Saturday should improve a bit. Thus, being naturally optimistic, I am telling Mary Margaret that tomorrow we should motor Leu Cat over to be in front of the reef and sand spit at Langford Island so we can just fall off our boat and drift up and down the great coral and numerous fish that are patiently waiting for us. I mean, this rain and crummy weather just has to improve, right?

On the pessimistic side, the same weather charts are showing that starting Saturday afternoon, the weather deteriorates again and we should be getting lots and lots of rain through at least Tuesday. Bah humbug!

The picture that is posted to this blog captures what today was like. At times, there was sun and other times it poured. This picture shows both the sun shining through a break in the dark clouds overhead and next to the sun, lots and lots of rain. What strange weather we are getting.

Keep your fingers crossed for better weather tomorrow so I can stop gripping and snorkel again!!!!