drooping in the heatwave
The whole of NSW has suffered extreme heat in the last few days, with more to come. Residents have prepared their bushfire plans, taken all precautions and now wait hopefully until danger has passed. Temperatures in the centre of Australia have gone off the scale, rising to over 50 degrees Celcius (122F), and here on the south coast we had over 40 degrees on Tuesday, with strong hot winds. We watered our garden and orchards as well as we could, but some fruit trees have suffered, especially figs. In the garden we watched the giant sunflower wilting. It’s head is heavy now as the seeds mature, so it bent and its great leaves drooped. We are still watering today in preparation for more heat to come, and no rain predicted. We are a little hot and tired, but so well off compared with many Tasmanians who lost their houses in wild bushfires this week.
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Please be safe! I hope there is some relief for you soon. We had a miserably hot, dangerously dry summer here, so I really feel for you and your plants!
if only we could turn the politicians towards environmental needs we might feel more hopeful about the years to come 🙂
I listen and watch the news every day. There just isn’t a chance for cooler weather. When they show where all the fires are it looks as if the whole of Australia is burning. I hope the weather turns around soon.
yes the news is scary … do you ever have bushfires in NZ?
Yes, one started near Christchurch yesterday and helicopter had to help. Wind was also blowing at 130km an hour. Horrible!
poor CHCH, sounds terrible, i had no idea it got so hot over there …. my memories of NZ are all green and mild to cold!
Yes, that’s what everybody says. Climate chance is really happening.
Have been amazed by the weather you’re having there…following it on the news…stay safe!
thank you charles, we need your kind thoughts and we are all hoping to stay safe … meanwhile off for a swim as soon as the day cools a little 🙂
Thank goodness you’ve all got water – imagine if we’d had this type of weather when all the dams and rivers were empty during the drought. Stay safe and keep us updated 🙂
it does not bear thinking about … bad enough with water on hand … resting up and drinking iced green juice right now, will go swimming later when it cools a little 🙂
This photo shows the effects of the heat very well. Praying for some relief for your area,
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
thank you dear francine, we do need those prayers!
I saw the Tasmanian fires on TV, just dreadful, I can’t begin to imagine what it’s like to lose so much.
yes it is shocking, no loss of life yet thank goodness! there was bushfire debris washed up along the shore this afternoon …
Thinking of you all in Aus’ and hoping these awful fires end soon.
thanks for your thoughts jude! the weather is milder now and rain predicted next friday, so things have a chance to recover … we have birds at the bird bath, bushfire debris on the beach, and smoke haze still in the air … very sobering
We went through a terrible drought this summer and high temperatures..but NOTHING like what you’re having…stay safe and prayers for relief are sent your way..
thanks zannyro, relief has come with the second wave of heat dissipating, so your prayers did well for us 🙂
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take care of you – still enough cold water available?
the sea is cool, and we have ice cubes!
Oh my❗ never in my days have I experienced such heat. By all means, be careful and stay safe. I hope you can feel this case of (fantasy) ice for your relief.
Thank you for sharing.
Prayers and Reiki love to Mother Earth in Australia and the peoples, animals, lands and waters. May gentleness cover your homelands, and soothing breeze temper and release the heat, bringing relief to all. Amen.
dea sue, you will be so pleased to know the weather has turned mild, we had hours of gentle rain last night, so your healing prayers and reiki worked a treat … this morning they say they are now working on extinguishing several of the fires, rather than trying for containment … thank dear friend!
glad to hear you are safe…stay safe
Today they predicted rain for Christchurch and hopefully that will bring relief for the fires down there…that city has been through enough
I hope you get a cool down and some rain soon. The poor sunflower looks as though it’s had enough.
heat returning today, but not as bad, only 34C expected here, even so we are at ‘extreme’ fire danger today, so taking care, the garden and trees have been well soaked, and our bushfire plan is to hand 🙂