We haz rain - and what a lot of rain it has been. It was enough to cause a massive morning rush hour traffic jam on the freeway because the rain was so heavy everything ground to a halt. That looks good for much needed rain in the farming areas so let's hope it does get there and doesn't fizzle out before it gets inland.
Meanwhile every little bit of greenery I can see - from the street trees to the multitude of plants in the veggie patch and everywhere else in the garden - looks happily revitalised. It always amazes me the difference rain makes to plants. You can water by hand or sprinkler as much as you like but it never makes the same change in the appearance of plants as rain does. The only thing that makes even more of difference is if it's a thunderstorm bringing the rain. It turns out the extra shot of nitrogen that makes its way into the soil with lightning acts as fertiliser. Well, that is unless the plant is unfortunate enough to be struck by lightning, of course.
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Glad you got some rain. We got a good dollop of it in the last 24 hours. Quite a storm last night just before bed time.
It was a very wet day, Jo. Unfortunately it didn't get far inland so the crops are really suffering.
I've been watching some programmes on TV about Oz. One always get the impression of extreme dryness but I see that, in fact, there are vast forests in some areas with lots of eucalyptus trees.
Yes we have forests but there's a lot of arid land and desert, too - as well as wheat growing land and pastoral country. It's a big country.
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