Posted in The Homestead

This has been one dramatic day weather-wise! We even made the national news tonight - our area of New Zealand hit record highs for heat today. There were 3 major fires in our area alone, including the one across the road; high winds - a 'nor-wester, which our province is famous for; and finally tonight we have rain. Lovely, beautiful, wonderful-smelling rain. We haven't seen any for weeks, and are in a summer drought. I pray it rains all night long and all day tomorrow.

It's still blowing a gale - my poor apple trees are getting a real battering. All day long we've had the 'nor-wester and they were blowing in a southerly direction. Now the wind has changed bringing the rain up from the south, and we're getting a chilly Southerly, so now the poor trees are blowing in a northerly direction. And my beans are looking a little the worse for wear, and poor Mr. Roger Scarecrow blew over and landed on the corn - I think it has survived, though I can't be sure about poor Roger - he's bootless!