So... since I last was here:
It didn't rain.
I got around to finding my Kendenup trial photos, wrote a blog about it, didn't post it. Will do eventually.
We ran out of house water, R spent many hours driving back and forth to town with the tank for more water.
It still didn't rain.
The paddocks all around went as dry as I've ever seen them, with not a blade of grass or even weeds surviving uneaten.
We started having to shut sheep out of paddocks where the dams had dried out.
Our ancient kero water heater finally gave up the ghost and disgorged its contents all over the back verandah, thus emptying the house water supply yet again.
The cracks in the plaster in the front of the house followed through with their threats.
All the sheep got drenched. Mike Scott came up to help with Tig and her daughter Badger.
Charlie died, suddenly, of kidney failure.
It was Easter. And then it rained. Not a lot- maybe a total of 25mm over a week. But it's made all the difference.
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Great opost. Australia seems to be climate change central . Parts of the country seem to get too much rain, then other parts slip into semi-permanent drought. No wonder grain prices are at an all time high again. For what its worth this is proving to be the driest and hottest year in France since 1947. With water tables sinking farmers everywhere are praying for a sustained downpour.
I'll quit complaining about snow now! I hope things start looking up very soon and that the rains return!
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