Day 331 - After the rain

After the rain, it seems green stuff is sprouting all over the place! Feels more like Sydney now, what with the humidity steaming up the place. I am appreciating all the lush growth, though, considering Summer will cook the place and take out large sections of the garden. I don't remember this kind of severity before with Melbourne weather.

Here's the neighbours' tree that I'm worried about. Yes, the fence neighbour. If this tree collapses into our yard or (God forbid) our house, our neighbours will not be compensating us; this I know.

Day 330 - Stormy weather

I meant to photograph the bark of this tree last week when it was much redder. After today's memorable storm, I wonder if the trunk is now stripped naked. The volatile weather caused havoc, causing train cancellations (hence Mr 16's very late arrival home after waiting over an hour for his train), and I heard on the news that a girl was hit by lightning - awful.

At work I shelf-read all day. Wouldn't recommend it. Tomorrow is more of the same. Still, I'd rather do that than have my teeth extracted, which is what cut my stocktaking experience short last year.

The photo below is the unremarkable view from my car window as I waited for Mr 16 in the wet carpark.

Day 306 - Too tired to write

Too tired to write. Sitting on the couch, trying to untangle my cross-eyes in an attempt to follow the 11th Star Trek film. How do you like the colours of this Forest Pansy? These are not Autumn colours, but Spring.

Day 114 - Clear skies

A clearer view of the sky with most of the leaves gone from this tree. Today was at times sunny and blue sky, at times dark grey with rain. I'm not sure how I feel about the move towards Winter. Darkness descends earlier and I don't feel like going out in the evening. It's a time to be reclusive.

Day 1 - Christmas tree

Since I'm Russian Orthodox and we follow the Julian calendar, our Christmas is 13 days behind everybody's else's. Hence the tree still presiding in our dining room after New Year.