Calm before the cold

A wintry few days has begun (snow is falling in the South Island already), and tonight the cold—but with rain, not snow—spreads to our part of New Zealand. In my part of Kirikiriro-Hamilton, the overnight low tonight is supposed to be 4 (39.2F), but the lowest nighttime temperature this week will be zero (32F). Yay.

Still, it was warm and sunny enough that I could have my windows open for a time this afternoon, which was nice, but I won’t want to do that for several days (lower temps and/or rain). I was also able to run the dishwasher using free solar power, which is always especially nice.

However, tomorrow is expected to be rainy, even quite stormy, so it’s a good day to do things inside, and to put off my errands for better weather in a few days. I have plenty to do inside, of course.

The photo up top is of the moon over my house, which I took a bit more than an hour after sunset. I noticed it when I looked up after going outside to herd a barking Leo (telling off the neighbour’s cat…) back into the house. It felt cold already. A few days of this, and it’ll be back to springlike weather—just in time for the September Equinox.

And so the cycles continue.