Well, here we are on November 7, enjoying another sunny dry day. I wasn't too excited about the time change - my children are still getting up at the same time of day they otherwise would, and it seems more depressing to see '5:30' on the clockface than '6:30' - but I hadn't fully realized the effect of the time change on the lightness of the outside world at 6:30. What was pitch black yesterday is the start of sunrise today.
I took advantage of the earlier light to leave the kids with my husband and make a quick (well, kind of quick) loop around Mill Lake this morning. I did not notice before how much better the drainage is at the new Centennial Park playground (south-west corner of Mill Lake Park). What would have been several inches of standing water previously is now just damp woodchips. We may have to head out there again later on as a family!
