Windstorm!

What about that wind storm?? I haven't seen any trees down, but I don't know why not. The trees along the creek over in the reserve were amazing, they sounded likes waves on the ocean! Totally awesome. The silky oak over the back from here looked as if it was going to snap off, it was bent so hard. Certainly cleaned the air though, the air smelled really clear very quickly. And today it so cold - then I found out it snowed at Orange today. And the wind was coming from that direction. The electric blanket goes on tonight!

Great nieces and nephews!

I had family down from the country for a few days. Lots of fun, but the ground was wet the whole time so we didn't get outside very much. I usually take the little ones out for a walk through the reserve. There's always something new to see over there. Not this time. We went to the movies instead, watched Nims Island and Spiderwick. The kids loved them both. And they were dry!

Rainbows and thunder

(this was suppose to be on the 13th April - I lost the post)

There was a huge full arc rainbow this afternoon! One end of it was doubled. Makes up for the huge storm and thunder that shook the roof of the house and made me turn everything off for the duration.

The problem with this time of year is that the grass never dries. It's just not hot enough. It is a very green world right now.

Don't you love this area? We cleaned out a kitchen cupboard and found redbacks in a box at the back. Watch out for those dark corners. The good news is that after years of thinking redbacks kill people I found out a while back that it's highly unlikely that would happen. The main problem with the bloody things is the extreme pain and how it doesn't go away. It's debilitating and persistent and it's hard to function which is why they have an anti-venom. Good basic info here: http://www.australianprescriber.com/magazine/29/6/156/8/

Frost

We had our first frost yesterday! I wrote yesterdays post when I first got up and then didn't see the frost until later. I lost that debate with my daughter, she said it was going to be this week but I kept saying it wasn't cold enough. It was over in the reserve, hasn't crossed the road yet. She noticed of course, was very pleased that she'd won. I still haven't gone outside so I don't know if there's frost this morning, but it's cold enough so there probably is.

Cold wind

Gee this place is a bit nasty at this time of the morning. I'm reduced to padded slippers and a shawl around my shoulders! I wonder if it's going to be windy today? That wind was enough to make a person feel a bit wild! To be this cold and windy will make me pull out the beannies, and no one wasn't that!!! Actually the beannie itself isn't too bad, it's when a take it off my head........

Still a hot coffee in the fingers solves most.

Getting colder

Actually put a scarf around my neck this morning when I left the house. Took it off by the time I got to work, only needed it for while before the temperature came up.

I'm pretty sure I could see the International Space Station the past couple of days. It just looked like two small stars but when we looked through the binoculars there was just a faint line connecting them. Very faint. And I hope it was the space station because I can't think what else would look like that!

Dogs!

There was a dog yesterday morning. A big one, with a loud bark. Started next door, barking, walked up the street, barking, past my house, and continued up past next door the other side, maybe one further and then stopped. That all happened about 30 minutes before I wanted to wake up. And we all know we can't go back to sleep that close to wake up time! That dog is my enemy! I did get up and have a look but the dog had gone into a space between the houses just up the road and I couldn't see. The mystery dog from hell! Questions remain, was there a human with this critter? Was the human riling up the dog? Did something else set the mutt off? The alsation up the road, who doesn't usually bark at night, decided to bark back, but I'm pretty sure the loose canine was the one who started.

This dog hasn't returned, luckily.

Noise

There has been a fair bit of noise from a house up the road from here for a few days. Tonight they are quiet. It hasn't been enough noise to cause me a problem because they are just far enough away. I wonder how their neighbors coped, but it wasn't a problem at my end.

Quiet and foggy

The weather can't make up it's mind if it's going to rediscover summer or go straight to winter! There's been fog on and off. Very quiet, nothing really to report. A whole group of people went over to the reserve just to play I think! It's unusual to see so many people over there at one time without motor bikes!

Warm

Warm. Warm enough to put the air con on in the afternoons. Warm enough to put the air con on in the car.

Other than that it's very quiet. Not even roaring motorbikes in the reserve.