Now that the temperature has continued to drop (at least over here) I will try and get down to Adelaide during the course of this coming week. I have things I need to get done and my brother-in-law is back in hospital again so I would like to get out and see him. There is quite a difference between between driving in 28c and driving in 43c temperatures even although the car has very good air-conditioning. However, there is major construction work on the roads leading to the Medical Centre and traffic crawls along there. I don’t make a habit of using the phone in the car but I had to phone Herself and tell her that I was barrelling along the South Road at a whole 2 klms per hour. I don’t think I would minded half so much if it were not for the fact that snails were overtaking us.
Helen is back home and when my wife spoke to her this afternoon she says she is planning to be at church tomorrow – in a wheelchair. She still cannot walk but she will be there none-the-less. I have sent the paperwork off to Adelaide re. the Commissions, and should hear by the time I get back from the city.
To the left is an Australian Native Tree. Personally I think they are a) ugly b) messy c) not suitable for this environment (urban) d) they are a recognisable fire hazzard and e) they can drop branches and injure people. In some parks people are warned not to camp near or under gum trees. They are ugly in my eyes because, well they just are and for the life of me I cannot see any redeeming qualities about them. They are messy because they constantly shed bark which is very messy and a pest in an urban setting and downright dangerous in a country setting they create massive amount of litter – that is helping to fuel the bush fires. I may not like it, but I don’t really want to see anything to happen to it. After all, it didn’t ask to be planted where it is, so it should not suffer from Council mistakes.
Our weather is grey and it rained for a little while this afternoon. Nothing much but the temperature is well down. Still having problems in NSW and I heard from family that the bushfires are being reported on the news in the UK. The cyclone is now heading back out to sea and it seems unlikely that there will be any problems from that. However, there is another low pressure building up which might lead to a new cyclone.
The dogs are certainly enjoying the cooler conditions and I have not had to carry the little man during our morning walks. Behind the town there is a Levy Bank, about nine feet high. Many, many years ago it was built to protect the settlement from floods. The weather patterns were also different then. I used to take the dogs for a walk alond the length of the levy bank and it was a good quiet walk. No so these days, – it has become the haunt of trail bikes. I took the dogs out for their walk at 6:30 this morning and (true!!) I had a pullover on. It was positively chilly. I might take advantage of the cooler weather to get some things planted in the garden and hope that they get established before we have any more really hot weather. I might even get the garden shop to identify the above tree. —– PS I think I write too much…..
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