It is raining again and the magpies are singing with joy on the back deck.
Meanwhile, from the front deck, the rain is cascading down the drive and the the garden is soaking up energizing moisture.
It is forecast to rain all week. Also forecast storms and flash flooding. But at the moment I am just loving this beautiful, steady life giving rain.
Living in Paradise... 
The magpies were having a great time, weren’t they? Made me smile as did the sound of the rain. Enjoy!
janet
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Certainly enjoying the sound of rain. All the different birds get more vocal when it rains too.
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I don’t think I have ever heard our Maggies singing! I’m glad you have rain, your garden will be so lush. I’m afraid we have another storm coming in from across the Atlantic so another weekend of high winds and rain for us.
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Sorry our sunshine hasn’t migrated to you. It’s still raining here, 64mm and counting 🌧☔️
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At least it’s warm when it rains there, unlike here. We are having a couple of ‘quiet’ days before the storm which is nice.
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Lets hope the rain is topping up those dam levels, Pauline, and that the rural areas are also benefitting. Just loving it 🙂
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Getting heavier by the hour. Up to 64mm and counting. Could be on flood watch soon. How is it in Brizzie?
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Out here on the coast it tends to come through the CBD and then head north to the Sunny Coast or south to the Goldy. The garden is lapping it and the lawn has a smile on its face.
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Saw the flash flooding on the news tonight. Still plenty more to come
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You captured the joy of the rain.
The Magpies were warbling for me to bring them their breakfast also as
on a hot day they come for a spray, when I am using the hose.
I think they have well me trained Pauline.
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I know they have you trained…
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Here too! It started in earnest yesterday afternoon and continued all through the night and into the morning. There’s been a let up in the last hour but according to the forecast there’s more on the way. It’s incredible how quickly the grass looks green again. My roses look much happier.
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Our small patch of grass was becoming a hay paddock. It is amazing how quickly it goes from brown and dead looking to vibrant and green after the rain. Forecast here is to keep raining for a week. Wonder if we will still welcome it 7 days from now. 🙄
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Our yard was quite bare, with big patches of soil showing through. It’s starting to recover already though.
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Lawn mower contractors will be happy
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That’s singing? Well, I suppose that if Yoko Ono can sing, they can too. Did you see my videos or rain?
https://tonytomeo.com/2020/01/18/six-on-saturday-when-it-rains-it-pours/
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Along with the kookaburra song/cackle it is the iconic sound of Australia. Thanks for the link to your rain “event” as the media calls it these days… ☔️
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I prefer Helen Reddy and Olivia Newton John, although kookaburras are amusing, and seem to be friendly. I think I would be a bit startled to find them on my porch like that, but they are not so terrifying like wallabies are.
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They do have very big beaks though
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Probably for self defense from the wallabies.
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😱
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Life giving rain, indeed!
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It certainly is Sue, love it
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😊😊
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Fabulous, life-affirming stuff, Pauline 🙂 🙂
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And it is still raining, water tank overflowing, first time it’s been full for months
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How wonderful, Pauline. Your garden must be so happy. 😃
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The garden is going rampant Sylvia
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I’m sure it is. 😅 Hope you can keep up.
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Lots of pruning as soon as the weather clears
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Never a dull moment. 😅
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Always something to do
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Keeps you young. 😃
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🤗
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Renergising all round Pauline ! I love those magpies to- ra -looing on the balcony:) What a downpour that was ..no more hay garden for you .. the speed of regrowth is truly astonishing in such conditions . Hope though it doesn’t bring too much chaos .
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Still raining,3 days now, and the chaos on the roads and transport systems is building. SES volunteers busy removing fallen trees and rescuing trapped people etc and rain forecast to keep on keeping on all week.
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Oh no 😦 that’s not good . Sincerely hope things improve Pauline x
What devastation Australia has suffered recently with th extremes of weather …
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Still raining and more to come. I cannot remember ever having it rain for such a long continuous time in this area. More like a tropical zone, certainly climate change happening
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I’m so glad for you Pauline. Hopefully you won’t get floods. 😀
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Flash flooding is predicted Su, but fortunately, touch wood, we don’t get them in this area.🤞
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I hope you are ok.
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We are ok, many others aren’t
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I’m glad you’re ok Pauline, but the floods are worrying.
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They sure are. NSW seems to be getting it worse than us at the moment
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I love the song of the Magpies! Such a lovely couple to serenade you.
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We love them
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[…] an update on the weather : It is no longer the steady fall of refreshing rain I rejoiced in earlier. It has become a savage, staccato beast, sending sheets of rain pouring down in biblical […]
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Ah, rain! It’s one of my favorite natural sounds. I wish I got to see magpies more often! They’re so pretty.
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Yes I agree, rain is a lovely sound. Especially here in Australia where we have so many droughts
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