The wetter than average winter is a very distant memory and we have a vague recollection that early spring was wet and windy. then sometime mid spring, summer took over on full throttle. Both in weather terms and in customer numbers. It feels like we have had a busy summer season but it is only really the start of summer. We live off what rain we collect from the roof of the house and garage, so we are very careful what we turn on the tap for. Those on town supply are on restrictions which may get more strict as the dry summer extends. We watch the level of out tanks, probably two thirds full at the minute. Many people are buying fills of water for their tanks already. Just as well we don't have any visitors at this time of the year!
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| Hop fields in the background are green. An early morning ride to beat the heat |
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| First time EVER, that I went to the beach on my birthday |
We haven't seen rain of any quantity for weeks and the temperatures are higher than we get for early summer, so everything in the fields and gardens look brown. Not only is our 'lawn' brown, it crunches when you walk on it. Bonnie spends most of the day, looking for the coolest place and then sleeps there until evening.
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This is the view of our garden, from the kitchen window. Taken early Dec but now looks more brown
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Bonnie practicing her ju jitsu with Lisa and Adrian, or maybe just the place for an afternoon nap!
Our new website got completed this winter and we had some new photos taken for it. We have a great team of guides and we all enjoy sharing the area with our guests.
Lisa has mastered the art of riding her bike on rollers and is looking forward to a new velodrome opening in Feb. I am enjoying doing a bit of running and road riding. We are also getting in for sea swims as work permits.
Working in the garden and paddocks stops for summer as it is too hot, with too little time between work. Lisa is keeping the chooks out of the veggies (mostly) and watering them ( veggies) sparingly. In winter we will do the annual wood splitting etc for the fire and give the shrubs etc a good prunning.
And so the annual cycle continues. The longest day has now passed but thankfully it will be a while before we notice shorter days.
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