The photo above is of early morning today, when there was thick fog everywhere. It’s always weird looking when there’s fog, and it probably gets weirder still the thicker the fog is. It also smells damp, which isn’t a surprise, of course. What was a surprise was how thick the fog was, and how early: Fog is far more common in winter, and New Zealand is only a few days out of summer. Weather happens.
In the Instagram caption, I mentioned how thick the fog was. It contains a vague reference to something I got from my mother. She used to talk about listening to live radio dramas (before TV was around), and someone supposedly said, "the fog was as thick as sea poop!" (instead of pea soup, obviously). Since we live so close to one of Auckland's harbours, it seemed especially appropriate—and it was extremely thick fog (actually, I’ve seldom seen thicker fog).
My favourite season is Summer, and though parts of Autumn and Spring will do, the parts I don’t like are most like Winter, and this morning was more like winter than summer. Still, the sun came out and the temperature managed to rise to a more summery 24 degrees (74.2F). I’ll take it while it lasts—but I’d rather not have reminders of the approaching Winter quite yet.
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