My mother says she loves rain in the nights better. It had been sunny for two whole days that too in mid karkadakam. Then early in the morning, so early that it was close to midnight, it started to rain. As I lay in my bed next to achu I can see out of the window in the intermitant flashes of lightening. The leaves are dripping diamonds, the rain on the roof is punctuated with occasional thunder. There is breeze now through the insect proofed windows, it is wet and smells of earth. She was right, rainy nights are lovely. I just hope my cucumber blossoms hold through.
