Despite the cloud cover the sun still shines through

Despite the cloud cover the sun still shines through

The author’s "solar observatory" in Middlemarch — solar panels can be monitored by an app displaying the amount of electricity being generated. Photo: supplied It's Saturday in Otago, and rain is sluicing down the windows with such commitment that even my dog, Connie Springer, usually a fearless explorer of puddles, has taken to the couch and refuses to budge.