I made the move to Australia from the States in September of last year. Summer had ended, and I completed all that was required of me. The timing of the move couldn’t be more perfect; one summer gone, and another one just starting. A year of warm weather. Perfect.
Fast forward to this year. While many Aussies considered this past winter to be a cold one, it seemed bitterly cold to me. After the exorbitantly long summer, my first Australian winter was by no means fun. So here I find myself in November. The weather is once again warming, and the garden seems to be growing again (no help to Jake, our black lab). But the weather! While it is warming, it just can’t make up it’s mind. One day is hot; the next, cold.
While they say this year will be a hot summer, I have yet to see any indication that this will prove to be true. I appreciate the semi-warm weather we currently have, but it’s been flucuating and playing with me and my immune system. I’m one of those people that seem to get sick when it goes from hot to cold relatively quick. Not fun, it’s kept me at less than 100% on a pretty regular basis.
I suppose that weather can be pretty volitile anywhere in the world, but coming from California, where there really are only two seasons a year, the weather in Australia is considerably less reliable. As they say about Melbourne, it’s possible to experience all four seasons in a single day. It seems that weather forecasters have problems with it too, and while I enjoy the over the top thunderstorms, and amazing sunsets, it’d be nice to be able to dress for summer. Or spring, or even fall and winter. But please, let’s just choose one.
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5 Comments for this post
Poor kid. You grew up in sunny California.
I have ALWAYS been exposed to snow/ice storms and winter and I love it.
I’m sorry it’s affected you with being sick and all! I hate that type of cold.
It’s still such a foreign idea to me that you guys are getting summer now! Apparently my scope of the world is still limited. I’m stuck thinking about what’s going on only in Kansas/Midwest. How sad.
That is a gorgeous shot!
Heh, sounds like the weather in the southern US when changing seasons. I have the same problems, mostly with sinuses in the spring/summer, when the temp can’t make up its mind, and allergies in the summer/fall, when the temp can’t make up its mind.
Some stromy times are good for taking stunning shots. Grear one.
It seems that no matter where you live, you get to experience weather changing at its best ! Enjoy your summer! When it gets there….
we are in the middle of santa ana season right now, and this one season i dreaded the most, my eyes and skin get so itchy from the extremely dry condition, i always hope and pray for a little bit of rain to come. i hope you’ll be enjoying your warm summer soon.
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