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It's raining! It's raining!

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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 1 Dec, 2008 06:26 pm
@Ticomaya,
Quote:
Yes, we are in a drought. But we are a city in a desert, so it's not unusual. We have a large water supply, so no rationing.


Sometimes, in high summer, it feels a bit like we're living in a city in a desert here, too, Ticomya.
You are so lucky with your water situation, though!

If only ..... Sad
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 11 Dec, 2008 11:09 pm
I take great pleasure in reporting ....

... that it is raining, (steadily, even) in the city of Melbourne, Oz, as I type.

It may be unseasonally cold ... but who cares?

It's wet!

Yippeeeeeeeeee!

Very Happy
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 11 Dec, 2008 11:26 pm
It feels positively soggy out there!!!! Very Happy

I hope some of this actually soaks into my rock-hard yard & garden!

More! More!

I'm singinnnnnnnng in the rain
I'm singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm hapyyyyyyyyy again ....!


Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 11 Dec, 2008 11:52 pm
@msolga,
Raining here too!

For the last two days...mainly very gentle, but I just drove home through some REAL rain.....deluged gutters, sheets of water across roads....

It's still warm, though...so it's quite tropical.
msolga
 
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Reply Fri 12 Dec, 2008 12:03 am
@dlowan,
Not at all tropical here Deb. Quite chilly for December, in fact!

But hooray, hooray, hooray!

Rain for Adelaide & Melbourne! Very Happy

More, I say, more!

I would even give some serious approval to a wee flood!
msolga
 
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Reply Fri 12 Dec, 2008 12:09 am
@msolga,
Wet enough for you, Dutchy?
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margo
 
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Reply Fri 12 Dec, 2008 03:26 pm
Even been raining in Sydney, yesterday - see my report on the work Christmas Party... http://able2know.org/topic/126328-2#post-3503076

Looks as if it could fine up today though!
msolga
 
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Reply Fri 12 Dec, 2008 05:43 pm
@margo,
WooHooooooooooo!

It's still raining here! Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

Steadily, not the crazy windy stuff, giving everything a good wash & soak. I can't tell you how soothing this feels. <contented sigh>

More rain predicted for the weekend. Then "showers" for the rest of next week.

This is just great! I think it's the very best Christmas gift imaginable!

(Heading off to the Christmas thread now, margo.)
msolga
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 06:12 pm
@msolga,
Very Happy


Quote:
MELBOURNE yesterday experienced its wettest day of the year with driving rain and strong winds lashing the state. .... temperatures fell to an unseasonably cold 15 degrees in some areas.....

By 9am, 36 millimetres had fallen on Melbourne - the highest since February 2006 - with another 13 millimetres by yesterday evening. The city's average rainfall for the December is 59 millimetres. ....



http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-rain-we-had-to-have-with-more-to-come-20081213-6xxy.html


dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 06:15 pm
@msolga,
Cool!
ehBeth
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 06:19 pm
@msolga,
so I can stop dancing now?
msolga
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 06:22 pm
@ehBeth,
Soon, ehBeth, soon!

Just a wee bit longer & you can finally rest. (Till the next time. Next week, probably ... Rolling Eyes )

Thank you very much indeed ! Ya done good! Very Happy
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msolga
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 06:38 pm
@dlowan,
Yes, isn't it, Deb? Very Happy

And so was the temperature yesterday! 15 C ! Shocked (Stop laughing at me, ehBeth. This is freezing by our summer standards!)

It was so chilly that I took to my bed in the afternoon. (I mean, what else can one do in such adverse circumstances, I ask you?) Finished a book I'd barely started reading. My cat snuggled up, too. Very nice it was! Haven't done anything like that for ages.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 06:47 pm
@ehBeth,
ehBeth wrote:

so I can stop dancing now?



NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
msolga
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 07:16 pm
@dlowan,
.... and absolutely do not put away those finger clicking thingies, ehBeth!

I think they made all the difference this time! Very Happy
Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 08:05 pm
@msolga,
I'm doing a conga right now.... then I might need to sit down for the Boat Song...

we've been at this for weeks now... HA!
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Sat 13 Dec, 2008 08:32 pm
@msolga,
msolga wrote:

.... and absolutely do not put away those finger clicking thingies, ehBeth!

I think they made all the difference this time! Very Happy


those'd be my zills!

I finally mastered them, and it's great to know they're being put to good use.

It is rawther nice to be able to doum takka doum with a purpose Very Happy
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margo
 
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Reply Sun 14 Dec, 2008 01:04 am
Despite recent rains, both Adelaide and Melbourne are in desperate need of gallons more. Adelaide last week was so dry....absolutely everything is brown and dusty, even the wabbits (well, not really - but why spoil a good story!) I'll be in Melbourne in just over a month - so Olga can expect some more rain then.

Sydney too needs rain, although we're not as bad as elsewhere. Still no improvement in the catchment areas.
msolga
 
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Reply Mon 15 Dec, 2008 06:01 pm
@margo,
Quote:
Despite recent rains, both Adelaide and Melbourne are in desperate need of gallons more.


We sure do!

Sadly, the deluge is now over & were stuck with unseasonally cool weather! For days. Where's the fun in that?Wink

Just saw your post, Izzie. Thank you for your determined dancing, too! You & ehBeth must be very influential with the rain gods! Very Happy
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Mr Stillwater
 
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Reply Wed 17 Dec, 2008 01:41 am
@margo,
Quote:
both Adelaide and Melbourne are in desperate need of gallons more



Well - after the thank-you I just received, I am very happy to drop in a spray a few gallons around in both of those alleged 'capitals'. You name the spot, I'll supply the bladder-full.......
 

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