I've been recording my recent epic trip to Europe and central America, but would to break the cycle by recording scenes on recent walks back here in Armidale. It is, of course, now officially Spring, which sprung into action on 1 September, which is locally called Wattle Day. The beautiful and often spectacular yellow flowering of wattle bushes is amongst the first signs that Winter has passed and this year it came about 3 weeks early. That's because we've had, nationally, possibly the worst drought in a century accompanied by much warmer temperatures than usual. A few recent photos illustrate the wonderful effect of wattles in bloom.
Here I was walking along the banks of Dumaresq Creek in the middle of town when I was taken by these scenes:. Such views are widespread across town
Aren't these blooms lovely?
And, today, I was on another walk when cloudscapes took my attention. There are several reasons for this. Over the dry Autumn and Winter we have had, nearly every day had heaps of warm sunshine and many days were completely cloudless. Humidity was also low and overnight temperatures plunged much lower than usual due to the lack of cloud-cover and still air.
However, in the last two weeks Armidale managed to record something like 55 mm of rain (or something like 2.2 inches). This was accompanied by some thunder and lightning, often strong winds, and a great deal of grey cloud ... often not pleasant but at least serving to bring on a green tinge to our grass and replenish soil moisture. After the last few days of strong and cold easterly winds with leaden clouds and a lot of rain the winds eased but remained easterly which brought moisture on-shore. Moreover, the break in the weather allowed me to take a long walk around town and I was enthused by the picturesque intersection of clouds and sun. Here are some of my pictures taken on my mobile phone as I skirted the northern edge of town. Many were taken just north of Duval High School, which both Emily and Bec attended c. 20 years ago. How fast time flies, alas.
This last picture is supposed to show the rainbow I saw walking down the steep Gordon Street, but it doesn't alas show up> However, the rainbow alerted me to the fact that rain was imminent and I quickened pace while taking a short-cut home. It started raining just short of our front door! How's that for luck?
AS
Here I was walking along the banks of Dumaresq Creek in the middle of town when I was taken by these scenes:. Such views are widespread across town
Aren't these blooms lovely?
And, today, I was on another walk when cloudscapes took my attention. There are several reasons for this. Over the dry Autumn and Winter we have had, nearly every day had heaps of warm sunshine and many days were completely cloudless. Humidity was also low and overnight temperatures plunged much lower than usual due to the lack of cloud-cover and still air.
However, in the last two weeks Armidale managed to record something like 55 mm of rain (or something like 2.2 inches). This was accompanied by some thunder and lightning, often strong winds, and a great deal of grey cloud ... often not pleasant but at least serving to bring on a green tinge to our grass and replenish soil moisture. After the last few days of strong and cold easterly winds with leaden clouds and a lot of rain the winds eased but remained easterly which brought moisture on-shore. Moreover, the break in the weather allowed me to take a long walk around town and I was enthused by the picturesque intersection of clouds and sun. Here are some of my pictures taken on my mobile phone as I skirted the northern edge of town. Many were taken just north of Duval High School, which both Emily and Bec attended c. 20 years ago. How fast time flies, alas.
This last picture is supposed to show the rainbow I saw walking down the steep Gordon Street, but it doesn't alas show up> However, the rainbow alerted me to the fact that rain was imminent and I quickened pace while taking a short-cut home. It started raining just short of our front door! How's that for luck?
AS
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