Rain, rain, sun & then more rain

We spent most of last week in at the “deep-end”. The last time I experienced wind & rain like this, I’d just arrived to take up residence in the Caribbean, with the promise of clear skies and glorious sunshine, only to be greeted with the same wet weather, for a whole month straight…Oh well! Fortunately though, early morning before the deluge arrived, Rach & I had an hour and a half with a great tennis coach, which we really enjoyed. So other than sneaking out for a few swims during the week, (but only when the lightening & whitecaps relented enough for me to venture in), we only left the apartment armed with our wet weather gear, well raincoats, shorts and flip-flops, to pick up food from the market and then quickly scurrying back to the apartment and rolling the rock across. So with our wings clipped somewhat, I thought I’d give you a quick look at the surrounding gardens which are filled with fruit trees and furry friends, and one in particular that comes to greet us rain, or shine every morning. I didn’t grow up around animals, so have always felt a little uncomfortable around them, but I have really taken to this friendly little fellow. There are quite a lot of stray cats in Croatia, but I’m happy to report that I haven’t seen any being treated badly, in fact quite the opposite, there’s quite a few cat feeding and shelter stations and you can buy single sachets of cat food in the small supermarket, which I’m also taking as a good sign….I’ve also taken to carrying a few sachets around in my backpack, when we’re out and about.