Before leaving the house at 7:14 this morning, I stepped out onto the terrace to look at the clouds moving in from the Mediterranean, a small sliver of which is visible on the right side of today’s photo. Though the rain did increase in strength last night, the expected deluge did not materialize; the news this morning mentioned some flooding in Cannes, but here in Sophia, I didn’t even see a puddle on the road on my way to work. The clouds did bring some heavier rain during the day, but again, not as much as we had been expecting. This rainy weather is supposed to be with us until this weekend, and no one really minds. As I mentioned yesterday, we do need the water, and it’s also nice to have temperatures down in the mid 20s (mid 70s F) for a change.