Rain Falls Mainly On The Plain (and everywhere else)

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almond tree

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Well, the planet seems to be into extreme ranges of weather of late and it seems we are getting more of anything we would normally get.  Extra snow for the UK more rain in Malta, extreme heat in Australia and here in Spain we are having thunder and lightning storms and monsoon type rain.  At 3am this morning when the storm was at its height I did contemplate filming it so i could put it on this blog, but then I thought, 'who cares', I'll just snuggle down and go back to sleep (obviously not one to suffer for my art)

I was hoping to bring you pictures of the beautiful bloom of the Almond trees that are in full blossom now, and are spread through the valley in drifts of pink clouds, but every time the sun comes out I forget to take the photos.  So here are a couple of pictures on a rainy February day of very wet Almond blossom.

Alistair, my husband is on the radio today talking about his book that is now available (Amazon.co.uk & The Book Depository among many others if you want to buy early Christmas presents for your friends and relatives). Of course I will be giving him a list of things NOT to say - he wont take any notice though, he loves that sort of thing, being a stage-loving 'Leo'.  I on the hand, a worrying 'Capricorn',  would be already thinking of all the things that could go wrong before I even get to the studio. Oh, by the way the book is titled 'Libertas'. Excellent I must say.

I haven't been feeling too good the last few days and had to take to my bed yesterday afternoon and stayed there till this morning. Its most probably SAD from lack of sunshine and Vit D, not what you'd expect in Spain!

I've got to set up the recorder now so I can tape Alistair and embarrass the children with it when they are over next week. Maybe I ought to encourage him to say some cringing things just to wind them up.