*When your field becomes a pond in the course of two weeks.
*When your husband tells you that he caught crabs, he probably means these kind.
*When you have as many words for rain as the Inuit people have for snow.
*When finding a slug in your rain boot (the hard way) is all in day's work.
*When there is a coffee roaster and a microbrewery in every town with more than 2 stoplights.
*When you will forgo air conditioning in your car in favor of cutting-edge windshield wiper/mudflap technology.
*When you can name more than 10 varieties of apples and tell the difference between them all.
*When you spend more on espresso in a given year than you do on your stylin' Value Village wardrobe.
