Cold nights work
Almost for the third winter running, the dry and the cold have merged to create a grey, brown landscape around home. It is probably no more evident than first thing at sunrise when the fog is lifting and the frosts are beginning to subside.
The days are warm for our Winters (18 deg C) and the nights dip away to Minus 1 or 2.
The rain just hasnt come for nearly 3 months straight now and even the younger trees are starting to look pinched.
Receeding house dam and Ribbon Gum.
Over 85% of New South Wales is back into drought conditions. Some areas havent been out of it for over five years.
Sunrise lifting the fog.
It will only take a few inches of rain later in the winter and things will start to come round. The grass will shoot away green and the oats will finially get a chance to grow (what is left of the crops). Hopefully it's going to be a good fall of rain, and give the trees a drink too.
Pauls oats doing it tough.
I got out of a warm bed a few times over the last couple of weekends at sunrise and went for a walk in the Uggies to take a few photos. Misty-dog loves frost and ice (frost for rolling and ice for crunching between her front teeth).
Crimson Rosellas in the Hawthorn
