The rains are over. Yesterday, for the first time in several months, dawn broke upon a clear blue sky that remained unsullied by clouds throughout the day. Today saw a repeat performance. The rainy season is over and we can expect to see no precipitation whatsoever for six months.
There were those who warned about the depressive effect of constant rain lasting for weeks, but that all turned out to be morbid exaggeration. Perhaps three days out of the last half year did we have all day showers and my raincoat got, at most, six or seven uses in all.
Now we have six to eight weeks to enjoy the verdant green countryside under sunny skies before drought returns it to its leafless winter shades of brown. Throughout the year, temperatures have hardly varied at all. During the rains, daily highs were consistently about 30 degrees Centigrade. The coming dry season will send the mercury to 32 degrees virtually every day. I'm not complaining.
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