The first day of fall here was March 1st- so we are well on our way to the dark side. It is apparent. The natives are preparing for the long winter siege.
Some un-identified tree is dropping little brown sticky leaves that have evolved to adhere to the semi chewed texture of once yellow tennis balls. They litter the dining room rug, our one and only chair, and the bed.
A golden orb weaving spider has strung her web entirely across our driveway. She obviously has designs on Kevin. He'd be quite the feast throughout the winter months! Just in case, I hit the ground and crawl down the drive to get the mail. (Per my suggestion) Kevin knocked the web down last night using one of the multitude of palm fronds that have fallen everywhere. She had it in full repair this afternoon- waiting for Kevin's return at 6 this evening.
And, my Australian neighbours are buying their winter footwear.
Now, where did I put that shovel?
4 comments:
I am always amazed at the persistance of spiders to rebuild their webs. Winter??? - I will take your mild Winter along with the those pesky SPIDERS!!! Love the boot pic - is it a fashion statement - or do you really need them to stay warm?
People here are desparate to believe there are seasons. I remember being out in "mid winter" and seeing people wearing furry boots (like these) while others were wearing sandals! Most winter days are like perfect summer days in Cleveland- mid 70's, low humidity, sunny. It does get chilly when the sun goes down. Then, we all cuddle together on the love seat and turn on the electric space heater.
Yes, those boots are the perfect example of conspicuous consumption - the one place you do NOT need them is the eastern seaboard of Australia, whatever the weather.
Getting a bit chilly here in Wellington, but not quite cold enough yet for the gas heater.
We have two seasons here. A nine-month spring/autumn and a three-month summer. Rumour has it that there is snow in the South Island in winter but my only experience of this is when I visited Dunedin for the first time, it was raining, and all the people I visited apologised for the snow on my first visit. So I disbelieve any snow reports from down that way. I call that rain, personally.
You're a toughy, Cathi! My acupuncturist, Heather, imported her son from Brisbane to NZ (South Island) this fall. He's 11. He went into school one day all excited telling his classmates that it had snowed ! They were unimpressed- We came CLOSE to living with real snow in Cleveland. We had 88 inches the first winter there- but that was dwarfed by what our neighbors a little further East in the "snow belt" got!
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