Day: June 21, 2011

The June Solstice (Winter Solstice) is on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 at 3:16 AM in Melbourne.

It means I can now begin to feel a little more positive

The days will get longer and hopefully warmer

I’m finding this Winter so far has been very cold – and very wet
and I haven’t been in the mood to do anything
My chair and the fire have been my companions

We had the most awful storms overnight here in Melbourne 

Mind you so did most of the south and east of the country as this link from news.com.au will tell you

Locally the Weather Bureau forecaster Peter Blake has this to say

Mount Dandenong recorded the highest wind gust around the metropolitan area at 102km/h.
source

You all know where Mt Dandenong is don’t you – yes –  just up the road from where I live
There it is, visible from the end of my street
just follow the road and then make your way up to the top

Today hasn’t been much better either – strong winds and sleety rain.
Tomorrow we are having a heatwave
The forecast for my suburb is an overnight low of 5c/41F
with the grand total of 13c/55f as a high

I know its not cold compared to some of your winters
but it is to me lol
I get this way every winter so really its just the winter blues
A brisk walk on a sunny day seems to pick me up when I feel like this

I know I’m not suffering from SAD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder   

The shortest day is tomorrow
Sunrise will be about 7.36am and sunset at 5.08pm
Look here and see how the day lengthens by seconds

Imagine how I’d feel if we went back to live in the Northern Hemisphere where it can be dark as early as 4.00pm and not start to get light till 8.00am

Then I would have something to complain about wouldn’t I lol