And yet again, this saw us at the back door gazing out at the torrents descending from the blackening sky. Instead, however, of gazing forelornly at the rising water and waiting for the house to flood, this time we were looking out with smug satisfaction. Our new raised back step has ensured that even torrential rain and hail, the combination of which has been a surefire flood generator, did little more than splash against the back step.
We were so confident that we headed to Pepe’s with a spring in our step – something we couldn’t have done before as we’d have been a/ bailing out the house or b/ waiting for it to flood. It turned out to be one of those days where we would have just finished clearing out the water only for it to start again. Which is what happened the very first time the house flooded.
While we only had water in the house once or so a year – and generally the night before we had guests – it is still nice not to look at grey skies with trepidation and wellington boots at the ready.
On the plus side, this is much needed rain and hopefully it will ensure that water supplies are not depleted too much before the summer.
We bought a lemon tree, cherry tree and two olive treelings yesterday. They look good, healthy trees, so they will be part of our ‘orchard’.