The day I've looked forward to all summer is here.

[Aristus]

It's cold, gray, and rainy outside. And I'm sitting by the window in bathrobe and pajamas, nice and warm, enjoying not being out in it. This is the icing on the vacation cake. Nothing to do, no place to go. Just relaxing.

[leftieNanner]

1. Good for you!

I'm loving this wet weather.

Cheers! With a cup of hot tea.

[Aristus]

3. Later for me: hot chocolate.

With some Irish Cream.

And creme de cacao.

And Kahlua.

And Frangelico.

Hey! I'm on vacation!...

[Different Drummer]

9. Sounds heavenly! Enjoy!

[Aristus]

14. I am!

[MFM008]

29. Pour some on the phone

For me.....🥂🍻☕☕☕

[DFW]

2. I'm jealous

Yes, I get to hang in Cape Cod every summer, but now that's done until next July.

[Nittersing]

4. Oh I love a good rainy day!

Grew up in the NE where rainy days and thunderstorms were common.

Moved to Colorado... not so much. (Except for this spring which was WONderful!)

[Aristus]

5. Rainy days are what life in the Pacific Northwest are all about.

Climate change is ruining some of that, and giving us unbearably hot summers. But now, Autumn has returned, and it is sublime...

[ailsagirl]

6. To me, that's beautiful weather

I love the rain and wish we in California had more. (Except, of course, not like last year.)
Enjoy

[Aristus]

7. I hated rainy days when I was a kid.

I grew up a free-range child living in warm climates like Texas and Arizona. I hated it when rain prevented me from going outside and staying there all day.

Now that I'm an adult whose down-time (like every other working adult) is at a premium, any time I can relax at home, warm, cozy, and comfortable is time spent living my best life.

[Sky Jewels]

8. Here in (left coast) Portland, we had such a hot/dry stretch of months

this summer. Luckily we got one good long soaking rain in late August that helped us on the homestretch to fall. Now we're back to cooler days and rain and I couldn't be happier. I realized early on in my life that I was not a fan of hot, brown, dry, dusty, semi-desert climates like what I encountered when we moved to California from the Midwest when I was a kid. I've lived on the East Coast and in the mountain west, but give me the Pacific NW and all the rain, cold ocean, big trees, greenery, moss, rivers, lakes, and snowy mountains in the distance that are nice to look at but you don't have to live in and deal with all that a high-altitude climate entails. Okay, sorry, I just started rambling away there...

[Aristus]

15. Not at all. I enjoyed reading it.

[MontanaMama]

10. Well deserved.

I love a good rainy day at home. I left Vancouver, WA this morning and it was pouring rain. Been raining on and off the whole way back to MT. I wouldn’t mind if it was socked in when I get home.

[Aristus]

16. That was a long drive!

Happy to be home?

[MontanaMama]

35. 9 hours!

SO happy to be home. Thank you.

[Aristus]

36. Glad you popped up today.

Just hanging out again today.

[iluvtennis]

11. Cool 😎. Enjoy. n/t

[Aristus]

17. Can do.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Pluviophile! ❤️

[Aristus]

18. Definitely.

[littlemissmartypants]

33. Me, too. ❤️

[niyad]

13. Sounds absolutely wonderful. As does your hot chocolate.

[Aristus]

19. It's definitely diabetes in a cup.

So it’s more for special occasions.

Oh! I forgot. And a dash of peppermint schnapps.

[niyad]

20. Yesss. I was going to mention that little oversight.

[Aristus]

21. Yeah, you gotta point these things out to me. Otherwise, it's a waste of chocolate.

If I get any more liqueurs in there, there won't be any chocolate at all.

Not saying that's a deal-breaker...

[niyad]

23. It is, after all, only your first of the season, so it can be overlooked. .this time.

If you run out of peppermint schnapps ( I did once, it was dreadful!!), you can always substitute Vandermint chocolate mint liqueur, in the cute Delftware bottles.

[Aristus]

24. Oh! I forgot! Chocolate bitters!

I've got a small bottle of it in the fridge. Don't use it very much. I got it as part of a cocktail gift basket once. Even my 1,000-cocktail bar book doesn't mention chocolate bitters or what mixed drinks you can put it in. But that just encourages me to be adventurous.

[niyad]

28. Oh my word. I just googled "choolate bitters cocktail recipes"" and immediately

found the three drinkers website, with five chocolate bitters reccipes, and that was just the first one! And they sound fascinating. Will keep looking.

[niyad]

30. You realize, of course, that you sent me on an adventure. I have been reading

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all sorts of chocolate bitters recipes. By the way, Angustora cocoa bitters has a 30-page download file of cocktail and cooking recipes. I just downloaded! yummmmm

[Aristus]

31. I look forward to trying them out.

If you give them a chance, too, let me know your impressions. We can compare notes.

[niyad]

32. Will definitely do that. Of course, now I have to make a trip to my specialty

spirits store, for the chocolate bitters, and the Luxardo cherries, and possibly some B and B. Did you know that there are chocolate bourbons?

[Aristus]

34. I didn't!

Yum!



Now I’ll have to go look for a bottle…

[rurallib]

22. The great thing for me about rainy days is

I can breathe. The allergens get tamped down. Being able to breathe is a great feeling.

[Skittles]

25. AW MAN I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN

alas, I usually don't get to experience that until well into October

[3catwoman3]

26. Given that you enjoy dressing well, I am picturing you...

…attired in freshly pressed, imported cotton pajamas and a silk paisley bathrobe.

And, I’ve said for years that doing nothing is doing something.

[Aristus]

27. Your vision sounds much more appealing than the reality.

A Robert Barraket tee-shirt, Old Navy pajama bottoms, and the bathrobe is Polo by Ralph Lauren.

But thank you for imagining me with taste and refinement.