We can enjoy summer when we are having this cold weather.

images from Chris Verey Sale, Victoria, Australia 

      Morning…same thing we have been having.  IT IS COLD out.  -0F at 7:30 AM, high today of 14F(-10C) but there is a front that is bringing the cold air directly from the Aortic.  This is what is affecting the southern of United States.  It will be here the rest of the week.  The Weather people are saying next week it will warm up to even above average temperatures.  Average temperature for this time of year is 29F.  All I can say is we will see and hope so.  Stay warm, stay safe.
 
Australia family and friends are the opposite they are having high temperature alerts. 
Evelyn said “It's been quite warm, but not unbearable. Yesterday Melbourne had 44C, which is 111.2F. The power companies are having trouble keeping up with the extra demand as people try to keep cool. We lost power last night for an hour, but the temperature was pretty good by then.”  Also, she said, “Mildura, in NW Victoria had 48.9C. (120F).”   Stay cool, stay safe.
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You remember your geography, when you travel north in Australia you are traveling closer to the equator. Opposite of us.  When wind blows in from the south, it is a cold wind coming off Antarctica. 
 
I thought I would share with you a couple of pictures of one of Evelyn’s friends her garden.  You will see what Larry really noticed every household has a “solar clothes dryer”.  Evelyn said she has always hung clothes outside.  I asked what the birds are and haven’t heard back.  Larry loved the birds as they were all so colorful and big.   I am thinking these birds are cool to look at but wonder if they make a mess as Evelyn wrote “glad you didn’t have any clothes hanging outside.”

They are having warm summer weather, but it is summer for them.  Working outside in their gardens is important.  They have saved rainwater in barrels so watering that they will use.  As warm as it is, watering will be done daily or even twice a day.   Tom is an active golfer, so he enjoys doing that.  They will spend time outside walking around the lake.  Or going where there is a body of water to cool off.  Evelyn and Tom do live close to those places and as they are great hostess, we traveled to see them.  I will say to them stay cool, stay safe.
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365  Beckysgreenhouse.com  Facebook Becky Kerndt Litterer or Becky’s Greenhouse