Oh I do hope so…
We stopped the car to see what happens. The clouds darkened and rays of the setting sun shot out laser beams of light. 
The duck hovered hopefully…
The sun sank further and tantalised with a soft apricot glow.
Back in the car we headed home and a few drops of rain scattered on the windshield.
At home from the back deck the Grevillea stretches toward the dark grey clouds. 
It is getting dark and the camera tells me to use the flash. 
Oh my, that is dramatic…
An hour later it did rain. Well not drenching, down-pouring rain, but a gentle, soft, pitter-patter of rain drops lasting 10 minutes. Well anything is better than nothing…
Living in Paradise... 
We soooo need more rain!! It is paroyally bad in NSW isn’t it?
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SO bad, feeling for the farmers and their stock
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We might have to adapt the methods to exist in a changing climate or nature will be unforgiving.
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I agree. It’s been a while since we had drought in this area. It is hard to live with all the restrictions we had back from 2000 to 2010
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Gosh I remember when they gave us an actual date that we would run out of water in the metropolitan area here. The parks were dustbowls and everyone was trying to save water. Not so good when you have a swimming pool. Which is one of the reasons why we would like to move to a smaller place. I do hope we all get some of the wet stuff soon.
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The drought went on for 10 years and made us realise how precious water is
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But how complacent some quickly get, in the cities mainly, languishing in long hot showers!!
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Being a tourist city it was difficult to get the save water message across as overseas people certainly weren’t prepared to have short showers and only one a day or even every other day.
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I remember folks being outraged. And then the whole public disgust at Toowoomba having to use recycled water when in Britain it had been that way for years! Do you recall that?
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Yes I remember. GC council came up with, what they thought, was the answer. Build a desalination plant. At huge expense. Plenty of sea water available. Unfortunately it never worked because it all rusted up. It has just quietly been put into moth balls…
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Same as the Mary Valley pipeline
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We had a wonderful 8ml today! Feeling lucky. It was forecast, but I’ve learnt not to set much store by the forecasts so as to avoid disappointment.
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No rain actually forecast so the sprinkle came as a surprise.
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We need some rain……😟😟
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Do you have a garden Sue?
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No longer….
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It is 31 degrees Celsius at the polar circle in Finland, nearly 9 degrees above normal level. And we are also waiting for rain longtime in large parts of Europe. Crazy climate!
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Climate change is definitely reality right around the world
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The whole July here in Greece we had so many rains….
Have a nice week !!!
Your photos are wonderful!!!!!
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Our July was one of the hottest and driest on record. Crazy weather
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Glad for at least a bit of rain for you Pauline. Would love to send you some of ours! Beautiful skies
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Thanks Tina, the sun is back again this morning
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I’d settle for a soft pitter-patter. We’ve had some very stormy clouds that promised a good downpour, and then after teasing us, just melted away.
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Very disappointed when that happens. Back to sunshine again this morning.
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Graham told me yesterday that our long range forecast is for dryness till October! Not sure I can keep watering till then 😦
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Oh dear that is a long time to keep up the watering. Do you have a hose, or is it all slogging around with a watering can?
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It’s mostly cans. At the allotment we can use the hose to fill water butts. It’s probably a good rule to stop people hogging the water points. Thereafter it’s back to buckets. I don’t mind lugging them so much. It’s just that you know continuous tap watering is not what the plants want.
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Nothing can beat rain for revitalising all plants
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I hope you got some rain!
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I meant, glad you got some rain.
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Not very much at all
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😦
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Bliss, those first scenes. 🙂 🙂 Could you feel me standing there, looking over your shoulder?
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Did you arrive on a bike Jo? I wondered who the other person taking photos with her phone was…🤔🤗
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🙂 🙂
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Don’t worry Effie if you can fix it do so if not worry won’t help.
We have no control over the weather and little control over the unsustainable capitalist throw away society.
To live as minimalist as possible is all I can do, We are mortal nature is infinite and impartial it will survive.
Hey jo thanks for changing the subject back to the beauty in the world.
And thank you Pauline for sharing the beauty we are still blessed with.
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We are lucky to live in this beautiful country
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It was a cloud disco!
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Like it, perfect description. Let’s dance….
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I just love it when the light shines through the clouds like that. It always makes me think of the pictures of the glory of God shining down. 🙂 We’ve had a bit of rain recently for which we’re thankful and may be getting more tonight and/or tomorrow.
janet
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It is a beautiful sight. But no more rain, still cloudy though, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed
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Awesome photos. No rain here. My daughter desperately needs rain at Cecil Plains QLD…its dry as an old bone out there…..dusty 😦
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Is your daughter on a farm? They are really suffering at the moment
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My daughter and partner have a cattle station business…. yes they are suffering. Their area even though it is in a terrible drough seems to get missed when helpis needed such as bales of hay.
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Sorry to hear that. Hope they get either so e help or better still some rain soon
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A great photographic opportunity realised and taken. Yes, we definitely need significant rain.
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Our poor farmers out west need it even more
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So annoying when clouds build up like that and then just melt away, so glad that you did at least get a sprinkling. Actually a heavy downpour is not so good. We had one a couple of weeks ago and it flooded the conservatory! 15 minutes later and the rain had stopped, but my mopping up took a lot longer! Temperatures due to fall here over the next few days, with rain forecast. After that who knows!
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Yes that’s the problem, when it starts to rain it may not know when to stop. In the meantime I’ll keep watering my new seedlings….
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And I will keep watering in my new plants, though we are expecting rain at the weekend. It was supposed to be Friday, but the forecasters keep moving the day!
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Weather can be so elusive
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Lovely sky, I suppose we need some more rain too, but only at night.
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When we do get rain it usually falls at night
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The weather app tells me it ‘feels like’ 102°F here today. It’s like a furnace out there. And, then we get torrential rains every couple of days including last Friday we even had tornado warnings. Wicked summer weather. Hope you get some more rain. 🙂
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That sounds so hard to live with. I’m wondering what our summer is going to be like
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So many places in the world are thirsting for water these days, a really worrisome state of affairs. Here in Virginia, this summer, we have had almost constant rain! That is unusual for us, as our summers are often humid but not rainy. Your photos with those sunbeams are marvelous.
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Then when the rain does come it is often in torrential flood proportions
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Your God Ray images are wonderful, and your Greviella? sp? with flash is lovely!
I hope you get more rain! We need a good wet winter too.
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Our winters are traditionally dry. But another month and that should change. In the meantime I keep watering the garden
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Stunning photos Pauline, and pleased you got some soft rain. ❤
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Need more now.
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