Life's a Stitch

It’s pet portrait time of year. There’s a lot of interest in the colourful variety. Here’s the famous Petey, who shares an Instagram account with doggy sibling, Donny.

Petey loves his blankie. 

A colourful scene, asking to be painted, is the Canadian/US border at Blaine.

That was taken last week prior to the nonstop rain delivered by La Niña, which produced an Atmospheric River. Inverse.com defines this phenomenon:

Atmospheric Rivers are long, narrow bands of moisture that extend from the tropics to higher latitudes. These rivers in the sky can transport 15 times the volume of the Mississippi River.

This weekend, up to 150 mm of rain is forecast (that’s 6” for the non metricated). Could you imagine if that was snow? The common 1:10 ration would produce 1.5 meters (60”) of the white stuff. In that regard, it’s a good thing La Niña comes with warmer temperatures.