Lovely
cool night for sleeping with the pitter patter of rain on the roof. Slept in
till 8.30am, 27 degrees, overcast and light breeze.
Only
0.7ml in the new rain gauge. That won’t do much for the well.
Jon
rang for some gas installation advice from Steve – glad they can both still
call Dad for help.
Rang
Sandra to wish her a happy birthday and catch up on her news.
Rang
Tracy Pink too since I didn’t get to talk to her for her birthday recently. She
is just starting to walk again after hurting her leg on the last day of the
skiing trip in Japan at Christmas – no nice.
After
lunch we played some more Skipbo then I worked on my jigsaw while Steve caught
up with what’s happening with the Supercars racing in Melbourne over the next
three days with the Formula 1 race there, on the tablet.
Storm
clouds are building in the west but look like they will go south east of us.
Drinks
on the verandah as the sun is blocked by the dark clouds. Watched the goannas
wander about and the galahs and cattle come in for drinks. Saw flashes of
lightning in the south east.
No
wind and it is quite humid so time for a dip. 5.30pm 34 degrees.
6pm
a black cloud slowly passed over the top of us heading for the dark clouds that
have come down to the east of us. Lots of great lightning strikes in the east
storm and long thunder rumbles. Sounds like it is coming towards us. Nice to be
able to sit out here and enjoy nature’s show.
The
wind has picked up from the south east bringing the rain. Proper rain too with
lots of wind so I got everything closed up as it arrived on top of us. A few
brilliant flashes and claps of thunder overhead. The ground quickly turned into
a lake and I took a photo through the bedroom window looking south then one out
the north side.
Rob
had texted this morning to see if we were getting any rain so I texted back
that it was chucking it down. Kym messaged that they weren’t getting anything
at the homestead but she was getting fabulous lightning strike photos – one was
a bit close for comfort though.
The
storm went around us with the wind changing direction a couple of times as it
blew us around and pelted us with rain. All over in half an hour. Checked the
rain gauge and we got 20ml. Now that should help the well and might put some in
Glens Bore too.
Still
hearing thunder and lots of lightning flashes as the storm moves around us.
7.30pm
light rain started again and the lightning and thunder continue. Great storm.
The
pool is overflowing. Will be nice and fresh now with all that rain water.
10pm
the storm has moved on and all is quiet again.
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