The rain is not here (although there has been flooding at the bottom of the South Island) but my stepdaughter in N.S.W. has rain. It sounds as though there should be enough to put out all the fires around her.
It would be great if it then moves across to us. Things are getting really serious north of us with at least two towns on level 4 which is water use only for essential cooking, drinking and hygiene. Several weeks of rain is needed to replenish supplies.
We are still just being asked to conserve water but are still able to water our gardens although it has got to the stage where it just keeps things alive as the heat and wind dries everything out quickly.
Still got tomatoes, capsicum, beetroot, a few beans, lettuce and potatoes in the garden and supplies still available at the Growers' Market.
Last year we were told not to top-up our pools. This is impossible as the pool would soon start to suck air into the pump etc. We simply did it and hoped no-one was watching.
ReplyDeleteDry here too, hand held hose from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. But we can have a shower and do laundry, I'm so thankful for that.
ReplyDeleteThat is good. Kaitaia and Kaikohe in particular sound as though they could run out of water
DeleteThe Operatunity sounds lovely. Would like to hear a concert of those songs.
ReplyDeleteDo hope it rains soon. Thank goodness for rain in NSW. They have been through hell
Operatunity is not just the songs but the way they perform them. Yes, rain in N.S.W. is wonderful.
DeleteTalking to friends in Whanganui today, no rain there for six weeks..and it wasn't a lot then...
ReplyDeleteLuckily our dams are not too bad but Kaitaia and Kaikohe are talking of running out of water in days.
DeleteThe Operatunity concert seems to have little to do with opera based in the songs you cite. Let's all hope that NSW doesn't go from fire to flood.
ReplyDeleteOperatunity covers most forms of entertainment and I have not seen any opera yet. Yes, it would be so easy for it to go to flood.
DeleteI hope you get your rains soon and the fires all stop. You have all had such a difficult time of it during your summer.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the soils are dry we are o.k. for water in the local dams. It is towns further north that are due to run out of water soon. It will be good though to have a night or two not having to water the gardens.
DeleteYour concert sounds like so much fun. We haven't had rain here either, although we are not as dry as you are and our water restrictions are not too bad yet.
ReplyDeleteOperatunity goes to Hamilton. Yes, I think most of the North Island is dry.
DeleteYears ago, when I lived high in the hills above Sandy Bay, lack of water (we were not on town supply) was a real problem at times. BUt what a beautiful place to live.
ReplyDeleteYes, when my late husband and I were in the far north we relied on tank water. Several times we drove down to a nearby lake with a small tank on our trailer and filled it up with lake water for toilet and gardens to save on the drinking water.
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