Warm Days

It looks like being 30 or thereabouts everyday this week. There could be a shower or two and possibly a little cooler tomorrow but we have heard that one before! For the first time since we moved here about 7 or 8 years ago the Sunshine Coast will have water restrictions beginning December 1st. We will be allowed to water gardens, wash cars, top up pools etc. 6 days per week but not between 10 am and 4pm. This will not make any difference to us. The abundant Sunshine Coast water supply has now been connected into a grid which also supplies Brisbane which has experienced severe water shortages in the past. We have therefore inherited Brisbane's restrictions.

It was warm and very breezy yesterday. So breezy in fact that the umbrella was whisked out of its base and finished up going over the shed (seen in the pic) and ending up in over the back's backyard! There wasn't anyone home so I put the aluminium ladder against the fence and climbed over. I rescued the umbrella just as the people arrived home. There weren't any problems and we had a bit of a chat.

Then came the need to get back over the fence. I had to drag the ladder over the fence and use it to get back. With a crook shoulder this was no fun.

I got the drill out and made a hole in the umbrella stand so now the base screws into the umbrella stand. It won't blow out again!

Trish has arrived safely in Melbourne. There was a load moan from all the passengers as the pilot announced the temperature in Melbourne was 13 degrees as the plane taxied to drop off passengers at the Melbourne terminal.