So. Shortest day here in the southern hemisphere. Longest day in the northern hemisphere. Which means that from here on out the days get longer down under and shorter up over. Gather you’re all having a pleasant summer after last year’s wash-out – shame our plans for a trip back never panned out – would far rather visit England in summer than winter.

I was glancing back at previous blog entries from around this time of year and it hit me that so far we’ve had a very uneventful winter. Admittedly it’s only one month in, but by this time in 2007 we’d had two major storms and some very serious flooding. Oh and an eclipse. So winter here runs, I guess from June through to August and the main thing that gets to me is how quickly the cooler temperatures, lack of flies and closed kitchen window become normal. That kitchen window is the ultimate barometer I think. It stays open from September through to May and when it opens again in a few months, you’ll know summer’s on the way.

Was driving the sprog to school the other morning and noticed this lick of cloud over the top of the escarpment west of Broughton.