Poised for rain all day with sullen skies as people hoped for rain - January was warmer than usual but also drier. Happy to see the sun, and it heats up the morning room almost instantly, and February so far not warmer than usual - or as warm. But not praying for drought. And well aware of how fortunate we are to be in this climate.
This evening the sky explodes with thunder, lightning, rain and hail. The blobs of blue rain that have been floating around the island on our radar map move into action as a blob monster on the north shore leans down to consume Kyrenia (Girne), fifteen kilometres east of us.