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You are here: Home / Climate & Geography / Here comes the rain again…

Here comes the rain again…

by Liz Ayling
October 12, 2010October 24, 2016Filed under:
  • Climate & Geography

This is a photo story inspired by Leslie Vella’s perfect capture of this watercourse with its flash-flood waterfall of autumn. This was after a violent storm raged all night one October.

To an outsider, the scene may look like it’s springtime. And of course it is – Malta’s autumn rains see what we call our second spring, with its flurry of plant growth and flower blossoming, and people sneezing as pollen and spores get released.

Water, water everywhere, again, at last

Water, water everywhere but how much can we drink?

I never fail to be amazed each year that within a mere two weeks or so, the Islands’ countryside turns from parched, arid wasteland into a lush pastoral scene. You feel you can almost see the plants growing, rather like in those still life films on speed.

From now to Christmas, Malta is for me at its best. But as to the waterfall water that looks so fresh and inviting…well, we might be wise to dwell on some of Malta’s water issues – nitrates in our borehole water and the costs of water production by reverse osmosis and our overall dwindling resources. See the post by water engineer, Marco Cremona for info on water bills, tariffs, production and waste.

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About Liz Ayling

Liz Ayling is a serial blogger, feature writer and self-taught geek who has been an expat in Malta for over 20 years. She founded destination site Malta InsideOut in 2009. You'll find her at at her screen in an old village farmhouse which she shares with her Maltese husband, teenage son and two cats. Liz considers herself an insider nowadays but never ceases to be surprised by all that Malta has to offer.

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