Wet, wet, Nicole

Nicole is the name of the storm that's dumping rain, rain, and more rain on the East Coast.  While I have nothing against rain, it's not miserable in the sense of cold.  Yes, still an adventure.    I love rainy days, makes the sunny days less boring, I am not a friend of rain in the building I'm in.  And yes, we have rain.  The roof leaks.  And there is an artwork of plastic planes strung under the roof, with buckets and hoses that lead the rain back outside.  And still it comes in in unsuspected corners.  Why is the roof not fixed?  Well, first it's not my roof, it's huge, it's ancient, and if you fix it in one spot, the water finds a different way in.
The roof is being worked on in bits and pieces, and hopefully it'll be less leaky soon.

Thank heavens it's still warm - t-shirt and sandals still - and not cold.

And I just had to show this machine - waiting for orders.
 (and no, no clue what it's intended use)