"Cold" and Overnight Showers

The weather has been cool and I have the "cold". When Trish returned from Melbourne she was getting over a cold she picked up down there. She was coughing but otherwise she was feeling OK. As colds go, it wasn't too bad. She had one day in Melbourne when she spent much of the time with handkerchief in hand! I have been struggling a little with the beginnings of a cold for a few days until yesterday when I nosedived and had the 'runny nose' day. It was a shocker! However this morning things are much improved!

We have had a few overnight showers the last couple of days but generally sunny days. The nasty cold southerly wind has gone and temps are back to normal. Last night it was down to low teens and it gets to the low 20's most days. It is beautiful sitting in the backyard in the sunshine though!

We had several very heavy showers last night and there were 14mls in the rain gauge this morning. The garden has had a water and the pool is again full. We went three weeks without a drop of rain so this rain is welcome. The photo was taken this morning and shows the overnight showers have just about dried up already.

Our other neighbours moved out late last week. We did not see much of them and they to us they seemed a bit 'different'. I was about to mow the front lawn last week when they both came out to the front yard. I asked if their baby was asleep and did they want me to delay my mowing. Unbeknown to me, the 10 month old baby was asleep in the back of their car which was parked in their driveway. They had left it asleep there with the car motor running and the air conditioner on!

So the house on our right as you face the front lawn from the street is empty. The 'new' people on the other side are great at this stage. We haven't hardly heard them at all.

Not a lot of other news to relay. My watch battery 'died' on Saturday so I popped in to town yesterday to have it replaced. I have a 'spare' watch to wear in emergencies so I put it on and promptly broke the plastic watch band. I had the battery replaced in one watch and a velcro watch band (as used by surfers) put on the other one, all for about $25!

Trish volunteered at the Tourist Information Centre yesterday and is at Stitchers this morning. We have friends around for tea tonight and we are going to watch the second Rugby League "State Of Origin" match on TV tonight. Trish is making a curry!

Our youngest daughter is in Germany right now and having a ball from what we hear. We get a text message every now and again. She travels to Italy next week.