There’s been a few….
The last month of the year started on a low…..another day of very low temperatures. It was winter wooly and ‘I don’t care what the date is’ I’m putting the heating on time as it only managed to get to about 11°c plus it poured here most of the day which didn’t help
AND
Look what happened just 2.5hrs up to road.
Yes it snowed- not the first time it’s happened up there…..after all it is a ski resort…..it’s just not really what you expect to see there on the first day of Summer
We’re not sure where Spring has been for the past three months but we didn’t expect Winter to return and say hello!
NOW
Just to show you how strange our weather is here’s the forecast for the rest of the week. Look there are 20s and even a 30. Warmth at last!
The roses in the bottom garden have been spoiled with all the rain, hopefully these warm days coming up encourage a few more buds to open. I’ve missed seeing them on the outside table so am happy ‘The Triffid’ (The Golfer’s pet name for a very lanky Buddleia that’s growing near the deck) is flowering again. The first blooms are usually enormous and very showy, once they’re spent it’ll be cut back closer to fence level ready for the next growth spurt and more flowers.
I haven’t seen many butterflies around it yet- but then with all the changeable weather (plus a cantankerous uncooperative spine causing me grief) I’ve been in more than out, have sort of withdrawn from life this past couple of weeks – .book in hand, cup of tea close by, keeping my chair company
Enjoying two old crime mysteries plus a couple of modern Novellas
(for November)
Murder isn’t Cricket – Edwin Radford 1946
A Studyin Scarlet – Arthur Conan Doyle 1887
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The Girls on the Shore – Ann Cleeves
The Catch – Mick Herron
Today (dry, sunny, warm) was not a day to be moping around inside so as the wedding planned for January isn’t going to happen because an unplanned baby will be arriving in April I worked on a little first size cardigan to give grandson and mum to be…..a ‘surprise Christmas gift’ …..in white because ‘we want him/her to be a surprise Grandma’.
The Eye Surgeon surprised The Golfer last week by returning his driving and short walks privileges, result – a much happier Chappy who is bearing up well with restrictions still on golf or gym. Life had another surprise for him this week (which could have had disastrous consequences) but I’ll leave that for another day.
So what’s been going on in your life? Anything interesting?
Still Waters 
I am so sorry that you are having a wintry return! That is just so exhausting, isn’t it? The shoulder seasons make my closet a right mess! I am happy to hear The Golfer is healing well! I hope your back is better soon as well!
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Have been in shorts and tshirts today so life is good again 😊
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When you talked of winter conditions, I thought that I was on the wrong blog. 🙂
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lol..no just a blog written in Melbourne – that is reputed to experience all four seasons in one day😊
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The trouble with your weather is that it moves on in this direction. We have had a very wet spring but at least it has enabled me to establish a garden in our very free draining soil with no other water I can apply to it. When I have adequate storage for collected rainwater it can ease up but I don’t know how to get that msg to the rain gods.
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Happy to help with the wet stuff and great to hear you put it to good use
Tell you what F – you send us your fabulous kiwi fruit (Chinese Gooseberries) and we’ll continue to send you our weather. The thing is, we know what will arrive here but we have no idea from one week to another what you’ll end up receiving from us
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I’m convinced seasons are getting later, so I am trying to adjust my brain to the difference.
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I’m beginning to feel the same way Andrew but you can’t help being disappointed when the weather doesn’t turn out to be the way it’s been in years gone by. People overseas wonder why we don’t empty our wardrobes at the end of each season- we know there’s no point because we can experience four seasons in one day
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Your deck and garden look beautiful in the sunshine. Boo to snow on the first day of summer though. Crazy. I sure hope your spine is improving. I am currently in Physical Therapy for my weak back – the core needs to be stronger – but it’s a slow process the older I get. I’m glad you have tea, books, and a little wee knit to keep you company.
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