Storms and sunshine

The weather has been amazing. It rains so hard that a stream forms at the back of the house (there is actually a storm drain under the neighbours' garage which abutts onto La Grande Salle), and a waterfall over the terrace. When the sky has emptied the sunshine returns, until the clouds build up again. There have been three fierce but very brief thunderstorms, one in the middle of the night. It's generally cool, but when the sun is out one has to be careful because it's quite strong.

So far we haven't been outside at night. I'm looking forward to it - there is no light pollution here.