After five weeks without rain, on June 17th, it started raining. Not a lot, but steadily on and off all day, we had gentle showers. It's been raining daily since then, but very atypically. We've had 30 mm of rain since then.
We've had thunderstorms every afternoon like we used to have midsummer in New Jersey. Hot, humid, thunderstorms with many lightning strikes north and south of us. We've never had lightning before, only thunder. Yesterday, much of the country was without power, but we managed to avoid the worst. Tralee experienced flash flooding as did other areas.
Meanwhile, you can feel the plants breathing a sigh of relief and drinking up the refreshments as they are offered. The roses are in spectacular bloom.
The vines are growing like wild, and yesterday, the Rondo bloomed. Solaris has not yet flowered, its buds still closed tight. There are millions of pollinators at work in the vineyard. I couldn't stand being there for long yesterday, swatting flies nonstop.
Today, MET ÉIREANN has announced a Status Orange thunderstorm warning for the entire country.
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