As I mentioned, we’ve had a couple of days of rain here in Malta. The first was an intense over-night thunderstorm. The next morning I snapped a couple of photos. The first is of the sodden fields behind our house:
And this is the rain in our pool. I took it while strategically folded under the patio table, to keep my camera relatively dry. I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out:
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Oh!
The raindrops are gorgeous!
But it looks like you cold now grow rice in your backyard.
🙂
Jules: Heh, that water lasted on the surface for, well, less than three hours after the rain stopped. So rice wouldn’t fly. They do grow fava beans and tomatoes in our backyard, though.