Although I have now put myself on a strict budget after my rather expensive splurge in Sydney, there are a few things that are on my wishlist for winter. So this week’s My Friday Five is a selection of what I am saving up for now the weather is getting cooler… A Raincoat Not a […]
Today, we woke to find that Melbourne has recorded the coldest morning in 16 years! The sun is shining deceptively bright, but the thermometer shows otherwise….it apparently was 2.4C in the city at 6am, but then dropped even further to 1.4C at 7.33am! This temperature equals the last time it was this cold…which was way […]
I love wild weather, in particular thunderstorms, but it seems that now I am all ready to get that elusive lightning shot, the storms always happen wherever I am not! However last night, we were having a nice quiet Friday evening at home, keeping out of the cold, when all of a sudden I heard […]
Thankfully, it looks like I am on the improve after two days of coughing and feeling downright horrible! I can finally sit at my desk to type this post, rather then not being able to get off the couch….although it is so cold and wet outside, snuggling up under a warm blanket, with a hot […]
Today is the Winter Solstice…or in other words, the shortest day of the year for those of us in the southern hemisphere! Technically, it means that the sun’s highest point is furthest away from the equator. For those who like these sorts of facts, Solstice comes from the Latin word solstitium from sol (sun) and stitium […]
We have had a very balmy Autumn…which I am certainly not complaining about….however, as the calender clicked over into June, it seems that Mother Nature has suddenly remembered that it is meant to be cold at this time of year! So, here is this week’s My Friday Five….signs that mean Winter has now finally arrived! […]