Monday 20 June 2016

A cold, windy and rainy Sunday

Well the forecast was for a wet winter and the Weather Bureau just might be right! It was fascinating watching the radar over the weekend and seeing the rain band move from the North West of Queensland to the South East then over the border into New South Wales. The Mt.Isa Show was on last Saturday and I believe some events had to be cancelled after the rain arrived. I did warn my son-in-law it was coming :-) He calls me his weatherman/lady. Anyway, I think the children did have a few hours there before it got too wet. It was just overcast here in the South East but you could tell there was rain coming.


This fellow paid us a visit after dark on Saturday night. Perhaps he was having a look for somewhere to stay dry during the wet weather which was on its way.


He wasn't in a hurry to move and we got quite close to him. 



Sunday started out as a dismal and overcast day with a little drizzle. In the afternoon the rain started bucketing down and then we were all housebound as it was too wet to even be out on the roads as flash flooding was forecast. 

 

During a short break in the weather when I could stand being in the house no longer, I took my camera outside in the vain attempt to capture a photo of the wet conditions. Oh well, my skills can only improve :-)
 
We were all like caged lions and I wondered how our Northern Hemisphere friends cope with their long cold winters and having to spend so much time indoors. I guess you get used to the weather conditions of the country you grew up in though. Aussies are very much outdoor people and even in the middle of winter it is quite pleasant to be outdoors if the sun is shining and you are out of the wind. 


 


In the end I did a little knitting with some magic stripe yarn I bought at Spotlight as I am making some fingerless mittens using a pattern one of the clever Down to Earth Forum ladies worked out. I am a really slow knitter but today I was so cold I was wishing I could just knit up a beanie quickly to put on when I had to go outside to check on Sally and the guinea pigs. I will have to work on my knitting skills :-)

After the rain stopped overnight the gauge showed we had received 44mm. Today was extremely cold, overcast and windy and most of the day the temperature seemed to be about 11C. There is more rain forecast for Thursday before a really cold spell when there could be snow falling on the Granite Belt which is a couple of hours drive away from here. 

 


Seeing as it was so cold everyone was hungry so I pulled out the last packet of last season's mulberries from the freezer and cooked up a Mulberry Cobbler which was slightly burnt because I got caught up outside trying to find....




...Sally the chook who then wouldn't go to bed. 




As they are both dirty from the mud I kept getting her mixed up with Madame Defarge (above) who is the big boss at the top of the pecking order so I have to watch that she doesn't get stuck into Sally. As you can tell I need to get out more. LOL! Hmmm.. I wonder if I have cabin fever ;-)

Have a great week everyone!





14 comments:

  1. Cheeky Chook!

    That mulberry Cobbler looks amazing! Lucky your not closer or you would have had to fight of my husband! ha!

    xx

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    1. It tasted great too, Emma. It won't be long before we have mulberries to pick once again.

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  2. Owls - such mysterious and sage creatures. Great shots of it.

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    1. It was a very placid tawny frogmouth. There used to be a family of them in the tree next door but a couple of them were killed unfortunately.

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  3. Your chook is wearing a very defiant expression. So funny! Your mulberry cobbler looks fantastic. Yum. It got so cold on the weekend here that I had to put on a light cardigan. :-) I am going to buy a pair of warm slippers this week in preparation for the cooler weather that is forecast to move in. I really liked your photos of the trees in the rain.

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    1. Sherri, Sally can be very defiant when she wants to be. It depends on how hungry she is I think. LOL!

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  4. We're enjoying some fierce wintry weather here in the Barossa Valley too Chel and I just love it. Lots of rain and very cold down this way, which is all good news for we farmers. I love to get outside too, in my raincoat and rubber boots, how invigorating it is and makes me feel really alive. I wonder if you're right though about Aussies in general liking to get out doors. Many of the ones I know hate winter and whinge about the cold, cossetting themselves inside and wearing too few clothes. Consequently catching colds and being sick all winter. I reckon the opposite tho, fresh air and cold on my face protects me from getting colds. :) Lovely pics of the glorious owl.

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    1. Yes I guess you are right Sally as winter is a bit like that if you have a nice warm house. For us though it doesn't really matter as the house isn't much warmer than outside so I just rug up and walk around the garden.

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  5. Yes it was certainly dreary weather wasn't it? Perfect for knitting though...I love how that yarn is knitting up. Don't know whether I'm looking forward to this predicted cold snap that's coming. Lately the weather bureau has been surprisingly accurate haven't they? Lol. Love your photos in this post.

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    1. Maria, I think we are going down to 1C on Monday. That is getting a tad chilly but we usually have a nice sunny day after a frost.

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  6. Saw some of that magic stripy wool in Spotlight recently - however did someone come up with that idea. So clever! Might have to invest in some I think for the next one of those dreaded "cabin fever" days...even Smudge the corgi was morose.

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    1. Hutchy, it is an interesting yarn. I bought three different colours of it. It is amazing how it is self striping.

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  7. Nanna Chel,
    That's some interesting yarn. One day I'll figure out how to knit at the moment I'm figuring out crochet and have a shawl on the go. Hope you lot are staying warm and dry over at your end of the street. Our end doesn't look much better :)
    -Shiralee.

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  8. Perhaps we should have a knitting day with Margaret and Vicki as they can both knit well and I think Barb would like to learn as well. I saw the sun before for a split second! :-)

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