Stormy Weather #1

Foul. All day. Constant heavy rain and super strong buffeting winds. Now that it's dark as well, up here in the attic it sounds and feels like an Ealing Studios film set for Wuthering Heights as the rain is driven against the darkened windows by the vicious winds and beats on the roof and the skylights - bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase "surround sound" and the way the tree tops are swaying so wildly right outside my bedroom windows while the wind calls her wild melody as she rushes through the dancing branches - it is all really rather scary... I hope all - human, feline and canine - are safe in Istanbul tonight.

The photo of the rain drops on the darkened window taken during this evening otherwise spent arranging all my stuff in the salon as one of the final stages in making this apartment look and feel like home.