Another photo of the clothesline. I like the idea of the clothesline and the enviro friendly benefits. Don’t like the actual work involved in hanging out clothes and bringing them back inside. Also don’t like the scratchiness that comes from air drying.

I can hear my Mum sighing in Australia as she reads this.

One thing I really miss about Australia is the big Aussie drenching storms. The way they blow the rain in sideways and, in summer, drop the temperature 15 degrees (celsius) in 10 minutes.

This rainbow was the result of one such storm at my parent’s house. It was a winter storm (winter being relative of course) and was very impressive. This is what it looked like just a few minutes before the rainbow…

Of course when you are in the middle of a drought – and the rain (or lack of it) is the primary topic of conversation – then it’s important to check the rain gauge after such a downpour. Yup, we had some rain. It was confirmed by the rain gauge.