Spring is almost here.

[Rogue Princess]

I have the misfortune of being the only person in my house that can smell, in the toilet, when we've had asparagus for dinner. I actually tested it on my poor family by getting them to walk in the bathroom and sniff. They couldn't smell it and looked at me like I'm crazy. It STINKS!!!!! But it is tasty....

I love asparagus rolls.

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I saw them selling daffodil pins for daffodil day at the doctors last week. I'm looking forward to the daffodils and other flowers in bloom.

I hope my support worker can take me out to the domain or point chev to see the ducklings this spring

 

[ra49]

I decided I'd go for a walk in one of our national parks. The idea only struck me at about 3:00 am this morning but my sleep patterns are a bit mixed up, so play with the cards I've been dealt. First catch a train in to the city, in to a supermarket and buy some snacks for while I'm out and about.

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The bakery bag is a kind of bread thing with cheese and bacon baked in to the top of it. And here Iced Coffee is made from milk, it's just milk with coffee and sugar in it.

Some people still call Adelaide The City Of Churches, and I guess in some ways it still is.

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Then it was back to the train station to catch a train to Belair. Public transport's pretty good and pretty cheap here, all up my travel for the day cost Au$3.50. Belair has a pretty train station and it's right at the entrance to the park.

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I didn't get to see any wildlife, except for some more waterbirds on the lake the same as I took pictures of last week. There were a lot of birds around making one hell of a noise but the undergrowth was too dense and I couldn't actually see any of them. I still had a great morning though, just walking around in the park and enjoying the weak winter sunshine. I think I probably ended up walking about 8 or 10 Km.

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Thank you so much for your outings and exploring with pictures <3 just beautiful

 

[Misty Avich]

Lol it's just the way I seem to live in the "right" part of the world that gives me reason to wonder if the universe really exists and I'm just a piece of brain floating around in space dreaming it. I mean, when I go to any airports they always automatically speak English no matter what country I'm in, and Christmas is correctly associated with winter, and the UK seems one of the luckiest countries in the world because we don't seem to get earthquakes or tornadoes. Coincidence? Lol

 

[Forest Cat]

Our turn now, we need the heat more than you.

I will trade you two months of constant custom made hygge for one month of hot and sunny Australian weather.

 

[Outdated]

Our turn now, we need the heat more than you. Really. Imagine coming in from an evening out. It's cold and bitter outside, raining. You fumble for the keys to the front door, desperate to get in and away from the cold. You swing the door open, and it's even colder inside than it is outside. Honestly, it's like living in a Dickensian novel sometimes, where the wind whistles in between cracks in the window frames.

I bought some adhesive rubber stripping and sealed the gaps in my well aged doors and windows. Cost me less than $10 and took less than 30 minutes to complete. Saved me a fair amount of money on my power bill too.

Life is what you make of it.

 

[tree]

 

[Outdated]

I will trade you two months of constant custom made hygge for one month of hot and sunny Australian weather.

Hygge's a lot easier to form when the air temperature's around 35, the water temperature is over 20, and the beer temperature is -1.

Darwin - the water's 30 degrees and eskies float - there really is a god.

 

[Outdated]

How come Christmas is associated with winter so much then, if half the world celebrate Christmas in the summer?
I think in those countries Christmas should be celebrated in June, because I heard somewhere that this Jesus guy was actually born in June but we celebrate his birthday in December for some reason. If it is true then it would make sense for half the world to celebrate Christmas in June so that they can still experience it during winter and it would be factually correct with the birth time (if it is true that is).

Christians put their holiday's name over the top of an existing celebration as a sales gimmick to attract more followers.

The celebration is from northern Europe. The original colours of red and white represent blood on the snow. The last hunt before you were all trapped in your homes for a few months. The beginning of the long dark cold where quite a few people would die.

 

[elgat0verde]

Adelaide sure looks pretty

Wish I had access to those kinds of activities here

 

[Forest Cat]

Hygge's a lot easier to form when the air temperature's around 35, the water temperature is over 20, and the beer temperature is -1.

Darwin - the water's 30 degrees and eskies float - there really is a god.

That's it, I'm running away to Australia. Maybe I can find an Australian who will marry me or adopt me or something.

 

[Outdated]

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I'm really hoping the weather forecasters got it right and we're in for a warm spell again. The beach is 15 mins away by bicycle.

 

[Outdated]

LOL I love the "Happy High Herbs" shop.

That shop is as old as I am, from before marijuana was outlawed here in the 70s. I wouldn't want to speculate on what they've had to do to survive this long but they made it through the resurgence of religious conservatism in the 90s and 2000s, and now that that's gone again (hopefully forever) it's a thriving little business again.

 

[tazz]

UK seems one of the luckiest countries in the world because we don't seem to get earthquakes or tornadoes

Hmm... 195 countries in the world. Some of them must avoid earthquakes and tornadoes AND get a decent amount of good weather. Heck, I'm sure the UK must still own some of them... looking at you Turks and Caicos...

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

Our turn now, we need the heat more than you. Really. Imagine coming in from an evening out. It's cold and bitter outside, raining. You fumble for the keys to the front door, desperate to get in and away from the cold. You swing the door open, and it's even colder inside than it is outside. Honestly, it's like living in a Dickensian novel sometimes, where the wind whistles in between cracks in the window frames.

Living near 45 degrees north we constructed our house to be tight and comfortable. Insulated concrete forms for the exterior walls, with high R windows, and sited to face SW to catch the winter sun. It is so tight that we need active air circulation (with heat recovery). Heating and cooling is through open cycle geothermal where we dump the water into a pond. In floor heat on the lower level, forced air in the upper level. We are cosy in winter.

 

[Jonn]

I never buy christmas cards with imported backdrops. We have mango, peaches and a barbecue at Christmas along with a bunch of beer and ice cold chardonnay, so that's what our cards have on them. We have roo lights on our lawn, not reindeer.

That said, this one might be unpleasant. It was 26 degrees here in Sydney today. 26 in winter! As much as I could feel my bones relaxing in the energy, it aint right. Sad to pack the bush fire emergency bags again so early and reteach the kids (also ASD) on school procedures and what we need to do if the fires come. It's August and there are fires here already.

Yep, climate change is happening...
But in the past couple of years, the summers have been fairly mild, probably due to La Nina.
Last summer, as an example, we only had 2 weeks of very hot weather at the end.

Yep, with La Nina came massive undergrowth.
Now that El Nino is here, that growth has become "tinder dry" again, causing serious concerns in regard to bushfires.
And back-burning has been inhibited because of the previous 3 years of rainy weather.

Welcome to Australia, the lands "of drought and flooding rains".

My Country, by Dorothea Mackellar:

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.

 

[Jonn]

Mate, you do winter really well. I know it's dark, but you've got that whole Scandinavian hygge thing that you do so well. Winter In Aus is MISERABLE because they have gaps under door, single glazing, no insulation, etc.

We live in Sydney.
The weather here, IMO, is very mild, overall.
Apart from the humidity due to the "mountains" surrounding the "Sydney basin", it seems to be mostly a "Goldie Locks" temperature range in the last few years at least.
Never had snow in "Sydney proper", which is a plus IMO even though I like cold.

Because I dislike the heat, I would never go to Queensland or The Northern Territory (no offence, Outdated).
And because of the "social climate" in Melbourne, I would never go there either.

"The End."

 

[Jonn]

Yeah we have the hygge. I can whip up some hygge anywhere, anytime. But I would trade it in a heartbeat for +30 degrees and sun for the next 6 months.

DONE!

 

[Jonn]

Our turn now, we need the heat more than you. Really. Imagine coming in from an evening out. It's cold and bitter outside, raining. You fumble for the keys to the front door, desperate to get in and away from the cold. You swing the door open, and it's even colder inside than it is outside. Honestly, it's like living in a Dickensian novel sometimes, where the wind whistles in between cracks in the window frames.

I'd swap that for the dangers of another "Fire Storm" in our area.
After what happened recently in Sydney, I have decided to severely trim the tree out the front of my property.
It would probably never happen, but I will be able to sleep better knowing I have made my property less "Fire Friendly". zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

 

[Jonn]

Meanwhile, in Norway...

Noice to look at.
Not sure I would want that much cold in the flesh.

I have only been in snow a few times.
Very distracting when you drive in a "Snow Flurry".

 

[Forest Cat]

To Australia