Cold Front

With some of the hottest and most humid weather on record for the past few weeks we were greeted to quite a show this am. I awoke to a sunny morning but very early an quickly clouds moved in. We have been breaking records every day and the weather lady warned that we might have some thunder and lightening.

At about 8.30 am the darkening sky gave way to a blast from mother nature in the form of a far off thunder clap. Within minutes the rain came in torrents and lightening flashed . Our eave troughs were filled to capacity and still the rain came even harder. The next phase was the hail and lucky it was not too large but it made a racket on the roof.

This front moving through lasted only twenty minutes but the moisture did wonders to our parched lawns and gardens. It is early in the year to see brown lawns but the heat mixed with windy conditions caused damage to our  trees and ground cover.

We welcome these little waterings from time to time. Yesterday I spent the best part of the mornings making sure our vegetable garden was protected from drought and you can be sure if you water rain will come.