Badger Galore
Staying ‘Up Over’ for a while.
Stormy Weather.
So...we have had some rain over the last few weeks which adds up to around 100 mms in all. It is better than nothing but Tracy had 400 mms in the last few days and some areas of the Gold Coast Hinterland have had nearly a metre of rain! A dramatic storm rolled over us tonight and gave us 16 mms. One bolt of lightning struck so close by that the thunder clap came almost simultaneously and was so loud that Will and I both screamed and leapt out of our skins.
Improvements.
So...in the last week we have had 87 mms of rain with 58 mms in one night. The result of this means we have gone from having about 3000 litres in our tanks to now having about 12000 litres. The dam has come up about a foot too.
While I have been at the book cave Will has been busy working on the deck extension.
The upshot of having four broody hens means that we finally have 9 new chicks in the 'Chickery' with Pacha, our Arucana hen. Five of them are from her own eggs, two black and three grey chicks. The other four chicks, one black and three brown are from eggs laid by our other hens.
Today we were visited by this grumpy fellow.
It's too darn hot!
However, storms rolled in tonight and we have already had 18 mms of rain but need lots more!
Some like it Hot...but I don't!
So...our weather station here recorded an outside temperature of 39.7 degrees today. It was still 27 degrees outside at 10.00 pm tonight and the inside temperature in Blue Moon was over 30 degrees, even with the breezeways and double doors open.
So we have come outside and are hoping to sleep on the deck in our tent inner tonight.
I don't know if it was because of the heat but the cicadas were still calling at 10.00 pm. They usually go quiet at sundown. Thankfully they have stopped now at just after midnight. I can hear a few frog calls, the whirring of the fridge (as the doors to the house are still open) and the occasional thump or footsteps from our furry, nocturnal friends on the deck roof.
There is very little breeze but hopefully we can get some sleep at least.