Storm clouds a brewin'

After a few days of prickly hot and humid weather, the sky above Perth opened up last night and the sweet, cool rain came tumbling down in buckets.

I sat out on the back verandah watching the water cascade down in front of me like a raging waterfall and the outside down pipe from the gutter proved to be the perfect outdoor shower.

There's nothing like going to sleep to the sound of fat, heavy rain drops pounding out a steady beat on a tin roof...