Willow Vale Tuesday 10th May

After a cool, overcast and drizzly day yesterday, I woke to sunshine and blue skies with puffy white clouds. Sunshine makes such a difference to temperature at this time of year, so one less jumper was put on this morning.
It's a hive of activity in the garden with walks serenaded by the chirping calls of WagTails, Fantails, Silvereyes, Thornbills and Honeyeaters. I could watch for hours as these small birds dance and dart between the foliage of trees, eating a few remaining mulberries and insects curled in drying leaves. Butterflies are still plentiful, as are the cabbage moths, making for a morning job of removing their freshly layed eggs from the brassicas I'd like to be eating in a couple of months.
A gusty westerly wind comes and goes and I can see dark cloud banks forming in the skyline to the South, perhaps some more showers this afternoon. Great weather for working in the garden, at a time of year when I won't lose several litres of fluid through sweat.

15th January 2010

This mornings sky was a mixture of fluffy white and dark grey clouds, it was hard to tell if it was going to be sunny or if a storm might develop. It is hot with little breeze, I hope the forecast showers arrive this afternoon.

January shades of Rain

This morning I awoke to a sky filled with dark grey clouds and a light breeze. The air is warm and damp. After eleven days with rain in various volumes, grass has taken on a flourescent glow in the low light of cloudy skies.