26th January 9AM

The wet Australia Day morning revealed an array of droplet covered webs. Grass is in growth mode again after the few days rain. The turf is sprouting, but has another problem - little white moths that lay larvea in the grass, commonly known as lawn grub.

24th January Clouds - Rain?

Clouds at various levels were moving in all directions across the evening sky as the sun set. What I couldn't tell was if they were putting on a show or also carried rain with them.

24th January

The grass is growing overnight again.

23rd January Rain and the City 11AM

A few were prepared for the rain today.

Exposed areas of the city mall were empty as heavy rain descended. Under awnings people waited for the rain to ease.

The Rain.

The rain, the glorious rain has come after a very dry January when my garden became parched. This shot shows the response to last nights rain. I water the garden beds occasionally from the tank but the central piece of lawn has been baked for a month.
The second image was taken 12 hours after the first after an overcast and showery day.

Come In

When I took this the Bob Dylan line 'come in' she said ' I'll give you some shelter from the storm' was playing in my head.

Remember Where You Were

WE always say 'remember where you where' when there is an important moment in history. Well today (20th January 2009) I was in Brisbane on a very hot dry day. It was still hot when we walked the dog at 5.30 PM before coming home to watch another rerun of the inauguration. Happy News for a change.

20 January 5:45PM

Dry spell continues with not a cloud in sight.

20th January Dry Spell

No rain has fallen in the guage at home since the 6th of January, and that was only half a millimetre. With just 12mm total so far for the month, the garden is showing signs of the dry weather spell.

17th January 2009

A storm looked as though it was brewing but I feel the wind was too swift and just carried rain that might have eventuated with it.

(No one was walking their dogs this afternoon...)

6.40pm

18 January 2PM

Waiting for rain.

Reality and Dream weather

Ideal weather and dream destinations.

After looking at the images I took at Southport Spit yesterday. I realised that some of the images looked like holiday brochure shots that we look at when we dream of our ideal destination which is an escape from reality. The deep blue of the sea made me think of Greece. Most of us have fantasized about running away to a Greek island. So this made me think of the role that waether has in our fantasies.

Reality is often very different. So I am posting some images about the fantasy/reality experience of weather.

16th sunrise moon and evening clouds

Thanks for the invitation to contribute to your blog Susan... you are welcome to do the same on mine Elemental Conversations.


I woke early and caught the light of the rising sun and moon. Crisp, clear and not a cloud in sight. (A precursor for the day ahead)
As the shot of the moon was so crisp I thought I would compare it to the moonphase chart on your blog and it as a perfect match!


After a sweltering, yet breezy day, the light evening gusts whipped up some rather whimsical evening skies.

16 January 9AM Southport Weather Station

Early Morning Light

Yesterday morning Nicola and Uta my collaborators in the Weather Observation Project both took beautiful shots of early morning light while I snoozed on.
Not to be outdone I hurled myself out of bed this morning to capture these images.

11 January 4PM

Ants on the move are always believed to be a sign that rain is on the way. I must add that ants are not any easy subject for the amateur photographer!

11January 7AM

10January 6:45PM

From the East and West

8 January PM

6 January Afternoon Moon

5 january PM Golden Sky

4 January PM Skies