Blowing A Gale

After some sunny and unusually warm days for this time of the year in this part of the world a cool change blew in yesterday bringing with it cold and gusty winds and a few scattered showers.  Outside it is quite cold, the wind chill factor making it feel much colder than it actually is.

The trees in this photo are really blowing around, there are broken limbs on the ground and even the odd tree or two blown over in the wind.  The cold will put a stop to me getting to the footy tonight.  It will be just too uncomfortable.  My team plays tomorrow night so I will be there, hail or shine.

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Lunch on Monday with Eddie and Patsy was good, great food, a few drinks and wonderful company.  Over the next couple of days we had my brother and his wife Jeanette over for a very pleasant catch up and chat, On another evening we had a meal with friends Carol and David.  Carol is known for her great culinary skills and the roast meal we enjoyed with them was no exception.

Last night we went over to our daughter's place (Kim) who had a voucher for 4 to a Malaysian Restaurant, all you can eat.  We had Char Koway Teow, Gado Gado, Beef Rendang, a sweetish Chinese dish followed by a double serve of Coconut Prawns.  I may never eat again!  While we there the cool change with monstrous winds and very heavy rain arrived.

After the meal it was back to Kim's for more of a chat.  Kim is 'minding' a flat for a friend who is overseas.  Though small, the flat overlooks Port Philip Bay right near Luna Park in St Kilda.  Despite the bad weather, the view from her lounge was spectacular.

Everywhere I go I take the hard disk drive with me to update everyone's movies and TV Shows.  Last night was no exception.

Today was based around me going to the footy but the extremely inclement weather has put a stop to that.  The big game is live on TV so we won't be far from the TV around 7:30pm.