Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, everybody.
We had a surprisingly relaxing day today. husband was off playing trains (got in even more driving hours on a miniature live steam locomotive) while I got on with the more pleasurable chores such as local grocery shopping (always a social event), some gardening chores and taking difficult child 3 to the beach. AT LAST!
Today (and yesterday) the weather was warm and sunny. After so many months of no rain, we've been suddenly getting so many storms and cloudy days that it's as if the weather is trying to make up for it all. We're still officially in drought, but when you have a storm that dumps an inch of rain in ten minutes, you really get wet. The garden is full of plants with old, dessicated leaves all sporting lush, young growth. My wisteria is flowering AGAIN, a second flush of flowers several months late, as if to say, "Oh, all this rain - it must be spring again."
The beach was warm, the sun was biting deep but the water was clear, warm and energetic. The beach was strewn with shells, pumice and cuttlebone (which I collected for the budgie - budgerigar). When husband got home I dragged him back down to the beach, but he felt the water was too cold. Says I'm part walrus.
There was supposed to be a cool change (with another storm) this evening, but nothing yet. We often find storms don't materialise, or they turn up out of the blue. Tomorrow is our church Christmas party, we're hoping to get there. I have to talk to a few people about plans for the upcoming Carols night (next week! Time flies). If there's no change in the weather, then we take our swimming gear to church tomorrow. We often swim after church in summer, the church adjoins the beach (it's perfectly placed for baptisms; biggest baptismal font in the world, the old Pacific Ocean).
Tomorrow I'll finish my Christmas cards so we can mail them on Monday. We're now in the more fun part of the rundown to Christmas - we can begin to enjoy what preparations are left.
Enjoy your Saturday, everyone.
Marg
We had a surprisingly relaxing day today. husband was off playing trains (got in even more driving hours on a miniature live steam locomotive) while I got on with the more pleasurable chores such as local grocery shopping (always a social event), some gardening chores and taking difficult child 3 to the beach. AT LAST!
Today (and yesterday) the weather was warm and sunny. After so many months of no rain, we've been suddenly getting so many storms and cloudy days that it's as if the weather is trying to make up for it all. We're still officially in drought, but when you have a storm that dumps an inch of rain in ten minutes, you really get wet. The garden is full of plants with old, dessicated leaves all sporting lush, young growth. My wisteria is flowering AGAIN, a second flush of flowers several months late, as if to say, "Oh, all this rain - it must be spring again."
The beach was warm, the sun was biting deep but the water was clear, warm and energetic. The beach was strewn with shells, pumice and cuttlebone (which I collected for the budgie - budgerigar). When husband got home I dragged him back down to the beach, but he felt the water was too cold. Says I'm part walrus.
There was supposed to be a cool change (with another storm) this evening, but nothing yet. We often find storms don't materialise, or they turn up out of the blue. Tomorrow is our church Christmas party, we're hoping to get there. I have to talk to a few people about plans for the upcoming Carols night (next week! Time flies). If there's no change in the weather, then we take our swimming gear to church tomorrow. We often swim after church in summer, the church adjoins the beach (it's perfectly placed for baptisms; biggest baptismal font in the world, the old Pacific Ocean).
Tomorrow I'll finish my Christmas cards so we can mail them on Monday. We're now in the more fun part of the rundown to Christmas - we can begin to enjoy what preparations are left.
Enjoy your Saturday, everyone.
Marg
