This year I went to my besties for Christmas. I left home after making sure there was as little to catch fire around the house, smoke heavy in the air and the heat of the day beating down on my place.
After a bit of last minute shopping and wandering around, we headed home to her place with a bit of the promise of a storm. That night and the next and the next, we sat on the verandah and watched the lightning flash all around and thunder booming in the sky. A bit of rain fell occasionally drumming loudly on the roof. I was hoping I had a bit of rain at my place too. Over the three days there was 32mls in her rain gauge.
Come Christmas day we had a lovely time with family and friends, seemed to be endlessly washing up and cleaning even on Boxing Day. This morning we had a relaxing start to the day. Breakfast on the verandah, watching the birds in the bird bath, listening to the sounds of the birds and the bush and the farms as they woke in the morning. I headed home. As I came over the hills I looked at the fire scarred landscape as I descended into my valley noting there wasn’t any smoke on the horizon or anywhere to be seen.
As I got closer to home there wasn’t much evidence of rain from the previous few days. None of the plants in the garden looked like they were desperate for a drink so I guessed I had a bit of rain. After I unpacked the car, I wandered about the garden noting that all the bird baths and water containers I put out before I left still had water in them after being away for four days. I went over to the post where the rain gauge sits.
I looked, rubbed my eyes and looked again. The rain gauge held SIXTY-THREE mls.
What a Christmas present!!! The water tanks are full, the smouldering stumps and logs should be quenched – at least the ones in the bush around the house are.
I went to the near empty house dam. The dam is about one-quarter full.
Remember this dam a few weeks ago?
This is today
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Good news!!! I was wondering about you and the fires yesterday. Thanks for the update.
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Thank you Teressa 🙂 good news indeed
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Nice relaxing way to spend Christmas days, and excellent Christmas present. I’m glad it finally rained, happiness for your garden, the birds! 🙂
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Thank you Nicole 🙂
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Woohoo.
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Almost exactly what I said Tracy 🙂
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Loved seeing that you finally got some rain!
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Thank you Debbie 🙂 was the best ever
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Oh wow, what a fabulous present. So much happiness and excitement 😃 and it finished off a perfect couple of days by sounds of it.
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Ever so wonderful Becky 🙂 I am almost glad I missed the early rain smell of wet fire. The rain will start the recovery of the bush. I hope there is some follow up rain. I had a lovely Christmas thanks. How was yours Becky xx
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Fingers crossed for lots and lots of follow up rain, and a drop in temperature too.
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Now that is asking a lot for an Australian Summer
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I know, but after your unusual winter maybe you’ll be fortunate with an English summer!
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Or a old time usual Aust Summer. Hot days and rain events in the afternoon and night
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Ooh old time Aus summer sounds great
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It was the best 🙂
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This put the biggest smile on my face, Brian! So happy for you 🙂 🙂 God bless!
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Put a huge smile on my face too Jo xx
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🤗💕
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Oh, great news, Brian! And good that you had a sociable Christmas, too
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Thank you Sue 🙂 I did try to be sociable as best I could. Did do a bit of sneaking off when things got a bit much though
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Sneaking off, Brian? No, I get it, these things are necessary sometimes
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Sometimes the world does become too much Sue. Four conversations going at once fills my ears with noise so off I go lol
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I was at friends for Christmas Day- 21 people, and the noise is a cacophony…
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gah
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😄😄😄
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Yaaayyy! So happy the rains have come Brian, a true Christmas Blessing! 🤗🙏
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Thank you Xenia 🙂 Yes, the best present ever
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Great news-so happy for you (and the birds) 😀
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Thank you Lisa 🙂 I am so overjoyed
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Wonderful! Thankful for a rainy Christmas. 😊
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A happy dance was done 🙂
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So happy for you! Hoping for more rainy days ahead!
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That would be a treat wouldn’t it 🙂
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So happy for you, Brian! Such a wonderful Christmas gift.
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Thank you Dawn 🙂 Fabulous to come home to
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Wonderful that you did get some rain, and had a lovely Christmas also. 🙂
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Rain was the best thing. So glad you had a great Christmas too Barbara 🙂
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That’s wonderful news Brian — a great Xmas present indeed.
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You should have seen the happy dance at the rain gauge 😀
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I can imagine 😀
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So glad to
Get this update.
And I like the way you told it…
Could quietly feel/hear the rain on roof while at your besties — and then going back to your place as you checked the bird baths and walked us down to the dam – well told!!
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Thank you Yvette 🙂
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Ah – the best Christmas present ever! Thank you for the update – The happiest news! ♥♥♥ Oh, Brian, I am so happy for you – hoping for more to come!
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Great news!!!
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It was excellent
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I bet you were waiting a long time to post this song. I’m glad that it was the present. Need to catch up and discover why you hurt your back, but I hope that this year it’s been better.
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Oh yes I have been. There isn’t a back injury post. I just twisted while I was doing pool cleaning 😥
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Ahh, this doesn’t sound like fun at all. 😦
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Not much but getting better 🙂
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