A squeaky reader in the mouse house. Novacastrian Australian. Currently owned by two cavoodles, one old, one young. My home is in Barahineban of the Pambalong Awabakal people.
Horrible, wet winter day, the kind where you’d like to stay in bed, but I did my duty & had my flu vax & COVID booster. Not sure that a Turkish chicken snack pack is the best reward for that, but it’s okay.
Didn’t want to get up this morning. Unsurprising, really, with the air feeling like it was two degrees C. But one cannot leave a grocery delivery unattended for very long, so up I got. Tomorrow, maybe I sleep in if it’s still this cold…
Cold bus stop at the hospital. Am running errands this morning. First thing on the list is done. Now down to our local shops for the rest. And some breakfast, possibly. Haven’t had mine yet, though I made sure Mum wouldn’t go without.
Weather forecasters say southern Australia will be on the receiving end of a polar blast of cold in the coming week. So maybe watch out for South Australians, Victorians & Tasmanians in the following days.
The sun was shining this morning. Not now. The weekend wet is here, pouring rain, bleak grey clouds and all. Times like this one is grateful for a warm house & a canine hot water bottle substitute on one’s lap.
It’s been cold all week here, for local conditions that is. It was probably colder where you are well-inland. And we’ll have rain again tomorrow. At least we can put the aircon on now that the tiler doesn’t have to have the front door open.
We had such great plans to put loads of washing on the clothesline today, before a wet weekend coming tomorrow. Unfortunately, the weather thought otherwise, and most of the washing will have to go in the dryer. I can see some blue sky, but it’s still pouring out there.
6 degrees C but feels like 3. Remind me why I’m outside? Oh, yes, doggies have to go out. Also, I’d still be in bed for at least another 10 minutes if it wasn’t for the tiler coming at 7.30. Drat having to be awake on winter mornings.
I thought it was cold. But the weather forecast on the 6 o’clock news says that towards the weekend Barrington Tops will have a minimum temperature of -4 degrees C. That might mean some snow. But there seems to be some law that snow cold has to be shared with the rest of the valley by wind. Ugh!
Looks like it’s going to rain all weekend. That’s alright. Might get to sleep in a little bit on Saturday. Would make up for having to get up in the cold to let the tiler in at 7.30 in the morning. It’ll be finished soon, thank goodness.
Bailey is being used as a canine hot water bottle this morning. Should be going to have a shower, but one side of me is quite warm now, & I’m not in a hurry to move just yet.
Chaotic day for the dogs, & cold for the humans. The front door has to stay open for the tiler to work on replacing the tiles in front of the doorway, so the aircon has to stay off. Mum is wrapped up in a dressing gown worn backwards.
The back verandah has had its first coating of the staining, which is now drying so the dogs can’t go outside that way. They’re blocked in without a human (me) to take them outside, and Jasper hates it.
I’ve taken them outside on a leash once today, & they weren’t into it then. The longer this goes on, the more they’ll be unhappy about not being able to go where they please in the house & backyard. But at least the things that needed fixing will be done.
It’s taken a couple of months & a misunderstanding that had to be drawn to the attention of the boss, but the back verandah will be finished. The sanding was done today, & the staining will be done tomorrow. Also, the tiling at the front door is being redone too. The dogs won’t like it at all.
