Wicked weather!

It was such a pleasure to wake up to absolute 'quiet' this morning.   No lashing winds, no rolling thunder, no clashing lightning!  What a few days it's been in Sydney!

Personally, I have no objections to rain, thunder and lightning.  It's the wind that drives me nuts! The huge palms next door looked set to take off sideways... doesn't exactly make for a peaceful nights sleep when they're thrashing about!

Take a look at the four water spouts that formed off Avoca Beach this past week - they were quite something.

It's even stopped raining for a bit and I can see the horizon (over the sea) is quite clear.  That's supposed to be a good 'sign', isn't it?  Or does it only count if there's a clear horizon at dusk?

We've had lots of flash floods in Sydney and some people have had to be rescued from their cars (some of our roads have lousy drainage) and the beautiful Mona Vale Golf Course looked like a series of lakes.

We've also had the coldest May in 40 years!  Apparently, we can expect winter to be quite mild this year... hope somebody is telling the weather that!

Not that I'm complaining, mind!!!  At least we haven't had the huge floods and awful tornadoes they've experienced in the US.  My heart so goes out to those poor people as they continue to walk through their living nightmare!   

April Blackbird

Wild weekend!

Well, the sun is finally shining and although there are definitely still dark rain clouds about, I can finally see the horizon again.

What a few days we've had in Sydney!  Flash floods!  Huge winds!  You can read more about it here - the poor woman in the photo appears to have been having more than a small problem.

Family members had substantial damage done to their garden, fencing and gates. Twice!  Not so funny.  Wonder if the insurance company will come to the party or whether it is deemed 'an act of God'?  We'll find out, no doubt.

We've had the dehumidifier running non-stop.  It makes a huge difference, particularly under the stairs. 

We did get time to visit our littlest chickadee and her parents.  She's grown in a week!  And we got time to pick some roses.  Not the greatest of photos, but I thought I'd share it with you anyway.

 

This particular rose has the most amazing perfume.  The buds start off quite a deep orange and as the bud opens it begins to pale.  By the time the rose is full blown, it's a pale lemon.  

We have a few others that are blooming, but they're not ready to be photographed just yet.  

It's been a busy day to-day and I've washing drying on the line so I'd better sign out and get on with things.

April Blackbird