I live in a small unit and at times I remember that I have things including furniture stored at my daughter’s place. A workshop for storage is a handy thing, especially if your mother needs it. Mind you it was supposed to be for a short time because my daughter and her husband are going to renovate their house and have other plans for their workshop. I intend to move to larger premises, so I guess it should be sooner than later.
Today we had warm weather, an Indian Summer, which I remember comes at this time of year and is usually short lived. We have to be careful not to put away our warm clothes because more than likely we will get another cold spell for some time. It also reminded me of the time I was in Auckland years ago when after horse riding on a Saturday we would go to the pools which consisted of an extremely hot water pool and some cold water pools. We would slowly lower ourselves into the hot water pool and sit quietly there until we turned the colour of lobsters after which we would jump into the icy cold pool to cool off and then back to the hot water pool. This took place in the cold winter weather but it was so invigerating. How great it would be to have a pool in the backyard that had a boiling hot spa like that and to use especially in cold weather.
Water texture, photo by S., Canada, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/840848
Seeing photos with red flowers and black centers reminds me of when I was five years old and we were visiting Greece. On one side of a hill there were many many poppies and that was a sight that impressed my childish eyes. It was like a fairytale. Once of the few memories of that young age. It makes me realise that poppies are not that common in Australia, at least I have not seen them growing in fields or someone’s garden. I wonder if they grow easily in this climate because we can buy them here? Maybe they’re imported. How great it would be to have a backyard full of these colourful flowers?
Red flower, photo by Dani Simmonds, Everett, United States
I remember when I was in Primary School how at end August we would go to Granville Pool for Spring swimming. It was hot then and that’s how we knew that Spring had arrived. Now it’s the beginning of September and Spring is here but it is cold and I can’t imagine kids going on swimming excursions. This is clearly an indication of how our seasons have changed. I guess the only indicators of Spring are the blooming flowers in our gardens.
Multi-Colored Spring Flowers, photo by Tanya McConnell, USA