Wow, it's the first day of summ--- I mean, winter...

How depressing... it's the first day of winter here. I've been organizing some photos on my computer, and looking at the summery greens and blue skies is a little disheartening... it's been since last Sunday that we've actually seen sunshine here, and that's par for the course during the winter in Lima. Last Sunday was glorious- not winter at all. This past week it's also been raining. mind you, not really raining as in midwest rain (and the midwest has had more than it's fair share lately), but for Lima, the rain here has been unusually long in duration and heavy in amount. that means that it's drizzled more than just in the early morning. it's actually drizzled in the afternoon, too, sometimes for hours at a time. no, not a midwest thunderstorm, but it's enough to make everything wet and puddle-ly and that's not good for recess and it's not good for the cabin-feverness attitude of my third-graders! :)

cindy and i do kind of laugh, though, and the people wearing full-length raincoats and getting out umbrellas... oy. it is humid, though, and that makes for a permeating coldness that creates a real longing for the sunshine!!!

here are a few pictures taken in the last two weeks. our thanks to our newest roommate Heidi for taking some pictures of us with her camera.