beautiful rain

Today it is raining, which is a nice change. This year has been very dry, so a little rain is a relief. In the morning it was light enough and warm enough that I was out in it, in a tank top, trimming some vines, but then it started coming down harder and I spent the remainder of the day in the kitchen.

When the children came home from school and after we had all eaten the midday meal together, Zazu and Alba took me through the barranca (ravine) to walk along the mountain side via the water canal to the waterfall. This island is strange in its combinations of foliage. Avocado and Banana trees wherever the land is tamed; where it is wild, ferns and cactus grow very happily alongside each other. Everything is green and brightened with the rain. We all came back soaked, and had to rely on creativity to get warmed up again as the hot water has been out for two days.