SPRING

[Opsa]

First spring bloom to be spotted in my yard! (see below)

[Aggie]

I've been munching a few sprigs of chickweed here and there already.

[Sibling DavidH]

We've had Snowdrops out for some weeks; now we have three Daffs as well.  A few hawthorns here and there have been showing little leaves since January.  Whoopee!

[Griffin NoName]

Nothing has changed in my bedroom

[Bluenose]

Still hot as Hades here, has been a long hard stretch of hot weather lately.  Yesterday had numerous bushfire outbreaks around the state including on the northern outskirts of Melbourne.  No threat to the Blue hacienda - probably about 40 km away from here - but one house was destroyed and another damaged.  Still officially summer here, autumn arrives 1 March.  Can't wait for winter at the moment!

[pieces o nine]

Blue, I would happily send you some of the cold winds and light snow here in exchange for some of that heat there.  Have they projected an end to the current fire outbreak?

[Bluenose]

Thanks Pieces, your post must have worked, at least a little bit - it was not quite so hot last night, making for a more comfortable sleep.   Today is the first one in quite a while forecast to be under 30° C, it's forecast for 29°.  Then it heats back up again.

On the fire front the ones on the outskirts of Melbourne are under control but the big fires like the one in the high country are contained to a degree but will only be put out when we get some decent rains.  Probably not until the second half of April or so.