40 and 22 = heaven................

The weather sure has heaps to do with your mood.............I've been in the doldrums lately with the last few weeks way worse............so many places getting flooding rains and we couldn't get a decent fall of rain.............it has been so dry here.........

for the last 7 months we have had 332points (83mls)

for the last 11 months we have had 796points (199mls)

I've no idea how long we have been feeding sheep and cattle now but it's been a fair while..........

finally we got a decent fall..............40mls 

40 beautiful slow gentle soaking mls..........

a couple of dams got some run off - this one has a road to help it...........it wonderful seeing water run into the dam............

remember this dam.............it's the one the kids were waist deep in mud........they desilted the dam and it is now deeper and close to full...........

this dam was in the link above too and it has some bare ground around it so fills fairly easy............

we have lots others that didn't get much in them but atleast the worst ones have filled or are close to full...........

lovely to see some water along the creek..............

the big old gums/box trees have been struggling with no water for so long.............

I usually am pretty happy with summer but this one has been so hot and long...............

some stats below more for me since I print my blog book each year.........

this summer has been a hot dry one...........

some average temps below

Nov 32.7degC  (+2.2) ( I know not summer but I class it as summer)

Dec 35.5  (+2.9)

Jan 37.6   (+2.9) record heat ever 46.7degC

Feb 33.3   (-.3)  

Now the importance of 22 is the temp ...........for the whole of summer we had 7 days under 30 the lowest being 26.7deg.

yesterday was heaven................22degC max...........most of the day was 20deg.........

now it has been 41/2 months since it was that temp for a day.............

as we rode the bikes around checking the dams we called into the neighbours and ended up staying for lunch............perfect lunch lamb and corn fritters and champagne for celebrate...............perfect comfort food............bit different to last week when we had a bottle of champs to drown our sorrows........sulking about the lack of rain and all the dust...........

While the rain won't fix everything we do need more rain to come on top of this, but it sure does make me feel a bit better and cut out some dust for a few days.......perk up my mood for a bit..........

ok gotta go.........23 maximum forecast for today........glorious I must be in heaven..........

I'll be watching the brown ground spring to life with green shoots.......

Catch you later..............

Chookyblue