The Weather

What a strange start to the year as far as the weather goes. Its probably the same each year but one tends to forget. The country has been ravaged by storms, fires and heavy rain causing flooding. We didn't get much flooding except for a few local roads cut off. The river has been up and down a few times also but nothing to be concerned about. It is raining very heavily as I write, with lots of thunder. Its of course one of our hottest times of the year and with the combination of sun and rain, the grass has been growing like crazy. I'm sure I can see it growing!

Temperatures have been in their usual low 40'sC but there seems to be a lot more of such days. These temperatures we can cope with as long as they drop at night so we can get a good nights sleep. We can sleep with the air conditioning on at night but every time it cuts in or out we are aware of it happening. The biggest temperature difference we have had so far is a 41C day and a 13C night. I remember years ago people saying to me that I shouldn't feel the cold having grown up the northern hemisphere but its not the cold temperature that we feel, its more the high fluctuations between the highs and lows.

 

Its been that hot that even the bees are coming to the bird water bowls to drink. It obviously happens all the time but we have never been aware of so many as this year.