Jumping Ice

While New York, just shaken by an unusual earthquake, prepares for a severe tropical storm, we're having much more harmless weather conditions here, but unusual as well: today we had a hailstorm, something rare for this area.


While I took some photographs, hail jumped through the open terrace door, some of the ice balls made it all the way to the other end of the house.


Our water lilies got perforated ...


Several loads of torrential rain followed in the hours after the hail. And we discovered that the skylights in Sabine's room aren't completely tight - one of them above her bed. The mattress was partly wet. We had to drag it in front of the heating, hoping it will dry soon. Adventure!