No bad weather.....

There is a Swedish saying "There is no bad weather, only bad clothes."  Today put that to the test.  It was raining virtually all day, sometimes quite heavily.  However, without significant wind, the umbrella was adequate to keep me quite dry on my exploring/shopping trip into town.  I had (cleverly) brought sport sandals and today they were perfect in the puddles and rain,

 the weather not being cold.  Interesting to observe was the variety of ways the locals deal with the rain -- ponchos which cover rider and bicycle, full rain suits, umbrellas and heels, nothing at all.  The common thread is that life does not stop -- graduate girls were decked out in their white dresses and sailor hats under umbrellas as they drove around on the back of the convertibles, the flower sellers were under their big umbrellas in the town square, the moms with babies in strollers (and toddlers on a little rolling platform hooked onto the back axle of the stroller) were making their usual rounds, the city workers in full fluorescent lime rain suits were planting the fuchsia standards in the town park.

And Miss Tova Elise took the opportunity of the gray day to sleep -- virtually all day, in her little Pingu nest.  Obviously she is doing everything right -- she has gained one kilo and 4.2 cm in her 3 weeks and 4 days since birth.