Glimmers and Extremes

 Glimmers - those moments when one of your senses activates a feeling of well being.

Late evening two nights ago, I was floating in the pool after spending an hour whipper snipping our lawn. I looked up and there was a near full moon. Once dressed, I found my camera and had a happy time playing.

Last night I was about to serve dinner, when I remembered to check the time of moon rise. [99% full] It was already up, according to google, but fortunately for me there was cloud cover so the moon was just trying to shine through. It wasn't shining for very long, so my timing was perfect. I just had to smile as I spotted the bear and gorilla.

Today started with sunrise glimmers.

I was up at 5am to check how much rain had fallen overnight. Only 2 ml and the sky was cloudy and dull.

As I turned to come inside, I noted a hint of pink touching the clouds, so waited and was rewarded.

The parrots arrived to feed on the Grevillea.

Sunlit orchid on my 6 km walk.

And the 'heart tree' continues to bless.

Extremes

One line in Dorothea Mackellar's poem, My Country, says - A land of drought and flooding rain.

We are certainly a land of extremes. North Queensland has had 2 weeks of flooding rain. 

The wallabies found higher ground.

Meanwhile, Harden, west of Sydney as had the thunderstorm of all thunderstorms!

You can see the trees stripped of their leaves by the hail.

This is our summer. So while we want rain to fall, we certainly don't want it in a vicious storm like this one. One Aussie, well known saying is " Life wasn't meant to be easy, mate". It can be far too tough for some.

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