As usual, when it rains in Corfu, it RAINS. Yesterday's storm was a humdinger. Gradually darkening skies, sudden gusts of wind, wide, jagged slashes of lightning and then more general flashing which was reflected back from the green-coloured clouds. And, of course, rumbling and crashing thunder. Day turned to night around 1.30p.m. at the height of the storm. A great and dramatic taste of winter to come and an utter change from the past week of scorching temperatures and muggy heat. There's a wonderful poem by Odysseus Elitis on the subject of the first rain. Almost impossible to translate, the closest I can get is: "With the first drop of rain, summer dies".
Susan
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