Rainy Days and Fiery Nights

The land of the long white cloud definitely lives up to it's name. There is often cloud around, which we have been experiencing in lots of rainy days.

In fact, we should be getting around 20 days of rain this month... and the sunlight hours per year is around 2093 hours... yes they measure it in hours, not days.

In this, we end up with some amazing weather patterns. These next images are taken from our balcony. The first photos are around midday on a day where a thick fog hung around all morning. Of course, I didn't open the door for these shots... waaaay too cold outside!

The next pictures are just one of the amazing sunsets that we have seen. The clouds often hang them selves on the horizon, and the sun peeks underneath as it sets, throwing a wave of fire on the underside of the clouds. Of course it better in person, but its still pretty neat.