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.

Southern Highlands Sunday 10 July

After 10 days away I returned on Friday to see the aftereffects of gale force winds which buffeted the highlands during the week. Today it continues to be very windy and I think that trees destabilized earlier in the week may fall.
Driving along Kangaloon Rd this morning I saw this tree which had fallen earlier in the week and had not been cleared as it feel away from the road. It's very unnerving to see how shallow the roots are. i have no idea how big the tree was but the width or the root balls dwarfed me.