My morning walk

[indigo_rose99]

This morning as I ate breakfast I noticed that it was raining and that many of the walkers passing by my hotel window wore hats.  I vowed to wear a hat, and my umbrella.

So, 10 minutes later I set out.  I was prepared for wet.  When I stepped outside, I noticed that nothing was actually falling from the sky.  I kept my umbrella in hand, as I set out in the dark and cold, over the wet ground. 

Two blocks later I thought I could hear something pinging against my leather coat, but nothing felt wet.  Watching other walkers, I decided it must be raining.  I activated my umbrella, and felt smug at my forethought.

Three minutes later, I felt considerably less smug, as my pretty umbrella turned inside-out for the fourth time.  At the sixth time, it broke.  I was holding a colorful wad above my head only slightly larger than my hat.  About 2 minutes later, the rain turned to snow.

I was less than halfway to work.

Comments

[thereisnomagic.livejournal.com]

I had noticed you umbrella was colorful when I saw it in closed form. I suppose I won't get to see it deployed now.

Hats that cannot be blown off your head are a good thing.

I have not seen snow on the east coast. I'll take that into account.

[pamwheatfree.livejournal.com]

I would like to mention that no one here will use an umbrella if it is windy. I always wear a hat in the winter. My good sheepskin hat is black and repels the rain fairly well. But I have come inside and taken it off and had a layer of snow on it. It insulates so well that the snow doesn't melt until it is indoors.