The forecast was for a weather bomb to hit the whole of the country today. I heard the rain start a little before 6 a.m. although it may have been raining during the night as well, it was also quite windy . By about 10 a.m. the rain had stopped and the sun was shining. The rain barrel that was less than half full is now fully topped up and I think the new water tank is nearly full as well. I wonder about the new lambs in the South Island though as I heard on the radio that they could be getting barely above zero today.
I have just been for my walk around the block and it is still quite breezy but the sun was shining and it was quite pleasant with no need for a jacket.
We put the clocks forward an hour last night (well it should have been 2 a.m. this morning but we always do it the previous night). This involved 5 clocks plus our watches plus the landline phones at least the computer and cellphones update automatically.
I seem to have been busy all day but not quite sure what I have accomplished but then I have days like that sometimes.
With last night's forecast I picked another three Waratahs, this time from a different bush - these ones have rounded heads whereas the previous ones I picked had more pointed flower heads and were a slightly darker colour.
I absolutely love those Waratahs and is that olive that you have as greens? Hope the rain doesn't wash any of your seedlings away.
ReplyDeleteNo, Doc, it is buddleia . We have several for the Monarch butterflies.
DeleteThe far south has snow, and lambs!!! I was hoping, against all odds probably, that it might drift out to sea or travel up the western side away from all the ewes and the babies. Love those waratah blooms.
ReplyDeleteSnow and freezing temperatures are the last things lambs need. Pity you are not closer as there are lots of Waratah blooms.
DeleteThose flowers are amazing. Our clocks don't change till Oct 25th - how on earth do airlines cope with so many different dates?
ReplyDeleteIt is hard enough working out times for family members in Australia, Canada and U.K.
DeleteIt is incredible how many timepieces there are in the average house.
ReplyDeleteYes, we don't have the ones on the oven or microwave going as it is too hard to synchronise them.
DeleteWarratah flowers are beautiful. We were prepared for a bad storm but got nothing like what we were expecting, some rain, a little wind that's about it.
ReplyDeleteYes, same here and only a very short shower today.
DeleteGood to have full water supply, but not how you want it to arrive!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up about the changing clocks...save us embarrassment, phoning friends at the wrong time!!