Monday, May 28, 2018

COLDER

The wind was quite cold today.  Our Parkinson's walk this morning was around a park, along a couple of streets and down to view a dam that has been built as a safety valve to store water in case of an extremely heavy downpour when it will slowly release to, hopefully, prevent a flood in the city



The sun was lovely but the wind bitterly cold.

The vegetable garden is coming on nicely and we have been eating the silver beet (Swiss chard) and had kale for lunch.


The outside painting is nearly complete - the gate is finished and today Doug painted the Dolphin white ready for a repaint.






I see the high for today is 11 degrees C. while the low is forecast to be 4 degrees and 2 degrees tomorrow.  We have started having our main meal at midday so will have a nice bowl of vegetable soup shortly.  I lit the fire at about 2 o'clock so things are nice and warm.

It will be good to start on the indoor jobs (lining the walls, carpet down in the new sunroom etc).  Already it has made a big difference.  The veranda was very cold with the wind but now it is enclosed the sun streams in making it nice and cosy.  It is Kim the cat's new favourite place along with her new deck.


The photo is taken looking down from the window above as I can't take a photo from ground level as she hears me coming and runs to meet me!

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  1. Nancy JMay 28, 2018 at 8:53 PM

    Cold here too, one fire going this morning, then I lit the one in the bigger lounge right after lunch. Really COLD outside now,looks like frosty sparkles already on the grass.

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    1. Susan HeatherMay 28, 2018 at 8:56 PM

      Yes, it will be MUCH COLDER down there. Any word from the hospital yet?

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  2. BeaMay 29, 2018 at 4:28 AM

    Sounds chilly in your neck of the woods. We're at 16C here. -a perfect temperature, if you ask me.

    Your garden looks robust. Swiss chard is fantastic. My mom would make it and we'd eat it with a bit of red wine vinegar. Yum!

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    1. Susan HeatherMay 29, 2018 at 11:04 AM

      I have some raspberry vinegar so will try that on the chard. New plants have arrived today so will be out planting soon.

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  3. gzMay 29, 2018 at 9:03 AM

    we're up at 26 degrees C today!...it wont last long !!
    The east of Scotland has been under a Haar (sea mist) and has been shivering at 10 to 13 degrees.

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    1. Susan HeatherMay 29, 2018 at 11:05 AM

      Yes, another blog I follow is in the east and there has been a lot of Haar.

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