Rainy Season at Last?

It's probably too early to announce the beginning of our annual rainy season, but there have been signs:

• Last week it poured down one night; not too heavily, but rain with thunder and lightning for about half-an-hour;
• Sprinkles after the Day of the Locos parade on Sunday;
• Last night it rained again, arriving late in the evening but it was rain leaving us with thunder and lightning on it's way out of town, followed by brief showers early this morning.

We often have glorious clouds - and even threatening-appearing dark rain clouds overhead, but it doesn't rain often.  More often the clouds blow away leaving us with glorious sunshine instead.

Rain is cool; rain is sorely needed (the Presa is woefully low); rain brings cooling breezes and a freshness that is missing at times during the rest of the year.  Rain means summer has arrived.

To paraphrase Oliver!  'Rain, glorious rain: showers, storms, and just sprinkles...'