yesterday, winter deep in the middle of the south pacific ocean, the temp in our house without any heaters turned on measured at 19C aka 66F at 8pm. yesterday was very sunny and warm and i had every window open all day til the sun set, then all windows and curtains were pulled shut. today i looked out back and the first daffodil bulb has bloomed. spring has sprung, the grass has rizz, i wonder where the birdies izz. goodness, those birdies never leave the garden thru the whole of winter, all
4 weeks of it this year in bhb, auckland, nz. short and hardly worth the few odd days i froze, really weird this winter has been. we've had one area on the east side of the north island in major drought and it got flooded over this past week to the point where army was called in to help evacuate the kids from school when the flash floods came thru, eeeeeeek. i hope it all drys out in time for our spring lambing season or we're not gonna have much lamb on the table round here. that storm also caused a huge mess in the avocado orchards, with branches in bud for next yr as well as the fruit for this yr that was less than a week off picking all dumped on the ground. there goes any hope of guacamolé round here for a couple yrs probly as they'll all be way too expensive to buy. sigh....what the heck will we be eating i wonder. enjoy'n the sunshine while it lasts, jeanne