More mutterings about the weather...

It was worse than the 36 mentioned in the previous post, as Belconnon (our end of town) managed a high of 39 degrees. Got down to 19 degrees overnight at the airport, so probably about 22 degrees in the coolest bit of the night. And it was up to 29 degree again by 9am. Very little wind last night and by the time it was cooler outside than in, the mosquitos had started lurking...
Oh well, back in air-conditioned coolness for now though still finishing at 3pm today.
But at least the forecast is for:

Warm at first with increasing cloud and showers developing with the risk of
afternoon thunderstorms.
Moderate northwest winds ahead of a southerly change in the afternoon.

(BOM)
It is just supposed to get up to 34 degrees before the change...

May be worth going and getting a fan.

And on a completely different topic, we had been wondering where all the Bobs were - its the time of year for them to start showing up in the house. Found one last night. Voyeuristic big-seven-legged-Bob got to be a Garden Bob. It's the wondering where they were before you noticed them... May need a larger Bob transporter - the round plastic container almost wasn't large enough...

Milo time:)

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Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond Ring from Anyone, Under Any Circumstances, Even If They Really Want to Give You One
Good incentives not to buy diamonds. But the question is, what percentage of these comments apply equally well to any mining industry - metal, mineral or oil? Emerald mining in South America ain't pretty and don't ask how many Chinese coal miners die each year.
Ready to start protesting yet? You should be.
Then imagine your life without metals, minerals or oil.
When you get frustrated with banging the rocks together, start thinking about actually supporting and encouraging mining initiatives which aim for decent wages and working conditions, reasonable environmental planning and management, good safety standards and realise that you are going to have to pay for that.
And remember the next time you are shrilly shrieking "Not in my backyard!!", "Not in my pristine country!", if they can't do it in your country with reasonably strict environmental, labour and health and safety law, they will toddle off to some third world backwater where they can really exploit the locals, bribe to avoid the law, fuck up the local environment and rake in a quick buck before tootling off to the next decent cheap spot on the map. But then it is no longer in your back yard and you can happily ignore it and go on oblivious, while making your token donations to deserving overseas causes in times of publicised natural disaster only.

Mind you, farming will screw the land over to a much less recoverable degree...

I did think that the Christmas present of a clean drinking water supply for an impoverished villiage somewhere, donated on our behalf, was one of the better presents out there. (Thanks Z's sister for that)

And I like recycled gold:)