Rain and Flowers

It's been raining today, and when I say rain, I mean REAL rain- huge drops teeming out of the grey sky in a furious torrent! When the pounding on the roof became quieter in the afternoon, we knew the rain was dying down. Now the compound where we are living is a riot of colour, as all the flowers seemed to breathe a great sigh of satisfaction and flex their floral muscles to compete with one another in displaying the very best of their colours. It seemed that the flowers have visibly grown and sprung up in just one day of rain! Here are a few photos to prove that it's not just sunshine and dryness out here in Dodoma!

After the rain, Esther and Ben bounded outside to splash in the puddles and run in the fresh air, after a morning indoors reading stories with Mum. They also took a moment to examine the garden. Esther was particularly fascinated by the (unripe) mangoes on the mango tree, whilst her little brother found that squelching in the flower bed mud was much more fun!!