Burrawang Tuesday 9 August.

After a week or so of warm and sunny weather winter has returned with cold days and frosty nights.

The King Alfred Daffodils which usually flower in mid July are finally coming out and together with Narcissus and Jonquils they are bringing some colour to the frosty mornings.

Plans to work in the vege garden are once again on the back burner as working in the warm studio is a more pleasant option.

Tuesday 12 July Burrawang

I am posting a day late but this image looking South ASouth West was  taken at 3PM on Tuesday afternoon. The pattern looks more like wind swept desert sand than clouds. After last weeks gale force winds we have had regular westerly winds today. The wind chill factor is high and even when the temperatures reach 8 or 10 degrees C it is still painful to be outside with uncovered hands.
The soil is also very dry here and yesterday I spent about 30 minutes watering and returned inside with stinging hands that took ages to thaw.
Heavy frosts over night are slow to thaw and the fire is burning 24 hrs a day.
Jonquils and King Alfred daffodils are beginning to appear to cheer up the garden.

Burrawang Tuesday 7 June. Snow?

Juanita, the weather oracle at the Robertson Post Office says there could be snow tomorrow. I'm quietly hopeful. It's 2:30PM and strong winds make it seem much colder than 7deg. For three days cold changes have swept in from the south.

This morning there was a heavy frost causing beautiful ice patterns on the rear window of my car.

Clear blue skies and high cloud  made me think that we were in for a cold day.

The leaves of the waratah also had icy crystals.

And the Tuscan Kale was covered with an icy dust.

I've brought in mounds of fire wood to keep the fire going and charged the camera in the hope that there might be snow to photograph tomorrow.

Burrawang Tuesday 17 May

Weather is once again the topic of conversation as we continue to have a cold snap. On my last visit to the fruit shop there was much speculation as to weather the cold weather would be followed by a colder or warmer winter. The shop owner who would be keenly interested in weather conditions as they affect the quality and quantity of available produce also feels the effect of the colder weather when he goes to the markets in the early hours of the morning. It was interesting that he could discuss the subtle differences of each day of the preceding week with me as the queue formed behind me.

Until this morning we had woken to frosts 4 days running.

 And evenings have been bitterly cold. (Isn't this like a Philip Wolfhagen painting?)

Until this morning when the area was covered by a dense fog that didn't lift until about 10:30AM. I don't know what the difference is between fog and mist. But the fog today was yellowy grey and I always think of mist as white.

Since the fog cleared it has been warmer.