Nature Notes ~ Upside Down Seasons

Weather-wise the seasons are standing on their head. Although

we are in our second week of summer, there still are spring

blossoms on the orange trees.

Here it is either feast or famine, after sustaining eight years

of drought, we now have floods. Luckily our houses are not

in the valley so at least inside we are dry but the rain has been

pelting down (see previous post) and cutting channels at all

overflows from tanks and deep grooves in our driveways.

The one good thing about all this rain is that we will have

enough water stored for a couple of years at least. Old

established trees are at last getting a good drink and the water

table has also been somewhat replenished.

The smaller creatures are confused and think it is autumn.

The spiders are busily web-making and last night I was

entertained by the dance of the rats in the ceiling. They

seemed to think that the winter rains had come and it was

time to move house. Thinks . . . another job to do . . . put

Ratsak behind the ceiling vents . . .

The rose garden is denuded of blooms, all petals stripped of

by the massive downpour. At least the unseasonably plentiful

supply of water and nitrogen from the thunderstorms will make

them bloom better than ever.

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