Hot!!!

Ok so now its so hot we don't want to even leave the house! This week,like the lady says... its too darn hot. Today the barometer reached 47c yesterday I think it was 43c, day before 37c, and tomorrow is going to be 37c!!! My chooks are sitting under the Peppercorn Tree panting, they arent even having dustbaths. The cats aren't afraid of the dogs they just sleep on the ceramic tiles, and the dogs dont give a toss about the cats!!!

The public transport system has gone down the gurggler and tempers are runnnig a little short. A lot of folk have chosen to take their cars to work which is fair enough but not necessarilly a good thing because people tend to drive badly when its very hot. To be honest we are getting a good look at global warming. My initial reaction is hide,.... but really when it gets a little cooler i think I'm going to start planing trees.

My ankles have swollen up like I'm about to give birth, and believe me that is not an option, and all anyone in the house can do is lie around and moan!!!

The power has gone out once today and I think my car is about to die from heat exhaustion..... so if your in a place where its cold and rainy take heart. Your garden will always bounce back from a bunch of rain but here in the South of Australia we have things dying because they just cant get any water.

Yesterday at a friends place while about 5 of us where standing in the back yard a Busy tail possum came down out of a tree about 3metres from us and started to walk around like it had drunk a bottle of scotch because it was soo dehydrated. Poor little thing we gave it water but it was very sick!

Praying for rain is what I'm doing we are only allowed to use 150litres of water each, a day, so everybody pray!!! this is what i'd like to be doing......


















Ice fishing in Scandinavia!!!!MMMMMMM. If your interested in posted a comment about how you're coping with the heat pllllease feel free. As far as my garden is ..... well we shall see at the end of the heat wave what is left.

Water in Melbourne

This is my town! Melbourne Australia. For those living outside Australia, Melbourne is the second largest capital city in Australia, and is often called a garden city because it has many beautiful parks in and around the city. We are a homestay family and have many international students particularly from Asia come and stay with us. They often come with expectations of very hot dry weather and wide open spaces but here in Melbourne, its a bit different. Our streets are more likely to be tree lined and maybe a bit dry.
Australia is a bit like the US or Canada in that it is a very big country and as such the climate varies very much from one end of the country to the other. Melbourne is at the very south of the mainland and so our climate tends to be quite temperate. Having said this at the moment we are coming into the 8th year of a very persistant drought and are having to cope with water restrictions. We are only able to water our gardens twice a week in the morning between 6am and 8am. on our allocated watering days. Why am i talking about this. Well i suppose because its pretty much all about global warming. What we are putting into our planet is definitely coming back to bite us on the preverbial....! Consequently down at the bottom of the planet here, we arent getting the rain which we used to. The drought has made many people aware of their environment so probably isnt a totally bad thing, however more needs to be done to preserve the water resources we have and to stop wastage. Most people, especially those with gardens, have put rain water tanks into their gardens or are using grey (recycled) water to water their lawns, but things like permaculture waterwise gardening need to be seriously considered by everyone not just households. My answere to drought and global warming.........plant more trees please, and grow your own vegies! Get your friends involved, join a group, get people in your street together and start a food co-op share produce and swap things all this makes a difference!
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