Sometimes it happens quickly and sometimes it slowly builds before bursting forth in all its glory and it's just so amazing! I'm talking about spring and over the last few days spring seems to have sprung.
Winter has been quite cold by our standards with many days only topping 10°C as a maximum and many more not going over 13°C. Nights have been down to -1°C to 1°C and while those temperatures don't seem cold to many people in the northern hemisphere for my part of Australia they're quite low. Over the last few days we've been hitting the high teens and even pushed into the mid-twenties and while it's still cold at night and in the morning the days have beamed down with warming sunshine and it's all been rather glorious.
Over winter I've been waiting for my garden to come back to life; it's been ok as I have plants that thrive in winter but it looks its best in spring, summer and autumn and with spring coming I'm pretty excited about having it looking sensational! The first hint of it is the blossoms on my fruit and nut trees which I've watched slowly develop from buds into blooms and with the warmer temperatures hinting at the glory of spring I'm feeling eager for it to come.
I don't mind winter, ours are mild compared to other places and it's not unusual to have day temperatures of 17-19 degrees Celsius and lovely blue skies with warming rays, but it's always nice to see it come to an end and the warmer months arrive because I feel like getting way more active with all the outdoors stuff I do like gardening and the off-roading, camping, hiking, hunting and kayaking that I love so much.
What's the deal with your weather at the moment and are you looking forward to the next season coming? I guess many will say no as the northern hemisphere is heading into winter but autumn comes first I guess and it's a lovely time of year right? Feel free to tell me what's up and what you like or don't like about changing seasons.
Design and create your ideal life, tomorrow isn't promised - galenkp
Want a free Hive account? Click Here
[Original and AI free]
Image(s) in this post are my own
45C? Yeah, I'm looking forward to the next season :)
This is good a place as any. Need to thank you for getting me to buy a pair of ATC 5.11 boots. I've had them two years now, installed them on my feet at least 700 times (some days get two or three), walked over 6,000 miles and ridden more than 20k.
They've held their shape and color well and with one change of insoles are still comfy as your mother's hug. Maybe the best pair of boots I've ever owned.
Oh man, it's great to hear those 5.11's are doing the business! I wear mine all the time...a new pair, but still have the old pair and wear them too. I'm a bit addicted. So great yours have performed as well.
Great to see @bigtom13 comment. 👍
I thought the same man. I miss the chap...miss so many of the old-schoolers.
First cool morning if the season Saturday morning. 64° at 6 am. Lower humidity and a breeze most of the day.
Another month of the heat to go. But this was a nice sneak preview. Only the morning people like me got to enjoy it.
I don't mind warm weather but hot and humid is shit.
I don't like hot summers, nor cold winters. And I don't even like rainy autumn😃
And what remains, but spring, this season that is now coming to you, southerners 🙂
If someone gave me the opportunity to choose the weather conditions for the next 10 years, I would choose like this:
clear day, morning temperature from 18°C daily to 24°C.
And that's it.
😁
10 years of enjoyment would follow..
P.S. OK, I would also accept that it rains once a week, that it rains all day and thus meets the needs of the vegetation.
Spring...I'm with you there, it's a great time of year and the weather and nature we have in spring is amazing here where I live.
I agree completely! Rain is good sometimes too...and you have that covered as well.
Well I'll tell you that last weekend it was too hot but then the temperature dropped, although there is so much humidity that you can't breathe .... everything is done in slow motion hahaha.
August is the heaviest month of the summer, but if I compare it with previous years, this one has been much milder in heat. I'm looking forward to September to go to the forest and to a park I want to visit, new! And if possible to the mountains. In autumn the colours and the views are beautiful. I will continue with my walks on the beach, because I have an addiction to rocks 🤣
Ahhh and I want to get to know new beaches, Malaga has 14!
I figured you'd say something like this.
Hmm, only 14 beaches? Australia has over 11,700. (And the best beef) 😂
But only 14 in Malaga Capital!!! I didn't say the whole of Spain hahahaha
Well... the meat would have to be tried, I can't confirm it, it's probably the second best.😂
If second is first then it's second.
You always beat me!!!🤣
I'm very impressed by how beautiful summers are here in Alaska. We get 6 degrees Celsius at night and 14-15 degrees Celsius during the day, and we're at latitude 60° North. It's definitely a huge difference compared to Western Australia, where temperatures can reach 35°C at night, especially in Broome, and Darwin. However, Perth was actually quite enjoyable.
It sounds nice, I've always wanted to go to Alaska, never managed it yet though...I hope to.
Western Australia can be hot...49 degrees Celsius in summer sometimes, not good. The hottest recorded temperature in Australia was in my home state, (2 January 1960 at Oodnadatta, South Australia) Lucky I wasn't born or I might have melted to death.
😆
I've always been fascinated with different seasons. In a lot of countries like Japan and Korea, they can really see the difference in each. They have snow during winter, and fall leaves in autumn. In the Philippines though, it's either just Summer or Rainy season. We don't have any of those fancy seasons.
We should be in the rainy season already, and a typhoon just left our area of responsibility. So when the skies are a bit clear, it is just really hot weather. It cools off a bit when the rainclouds come and give some rain showers.
Yep, I'd not like only two seasons...we have the same here in the tropical north of Australia. Hot, wet and humid in Summer and less hot, humid and wet in winter...but still hot, wet and humid.
Hi Galen, I'm back and on the subject of the seasons, summer here is very hot so it's a season I don't like very much, I sleep badly because of the heat and during the day I'm usually tired. So I hope that soon autumn will come. It is also a season that I usually enjoy a lot. When it is not cloudy in Madrid there is a special light and I love to see the yellow and copper colors of the trees....
Best regards
I was wondering how you were and how you got on with your trip. Nice to have you back.
Spring and Autumn are my favourite seasons and winter is ok too (because it's reasonably mild here). I don't like the heat though! I like the colours that the different seasons produce, as you say...isn't nature amazing?
Nature as you say is something incredible, even in a big city. This year, we have also had some big storms (for what is usual here in Madrid) and I love storms.
About the trip, very good, although I had to improvise and travel to the south of Sweden looking for better weather.
I hope you have also been well during this time.
I've not been to Sweden, was supposed to go in 2020 but Covid 19 happened and my Scandinavian trip was cancelled. I'll go though, and to Norway, on the way to Finland where my brother lives; really keen to get back there and see my niece.
Sweden is a very beautiful country, Stockholm is a place to visit, and Norway is spectacular, plus your brother is there. I also had a Swedish girlfriend and I have some good friends over there, so when I have a problem, like on this trip, there is always someone who can help me.
In 2020 I was in Sweden, in July, it took me more than a day to get there, but I wanted to see in person how COVID was being handled there. And if the COVID policies already seemed like a scam to me, the trip to Sweden totally confirmed it for me. Maybe it would be a good topic to post on Hive.
Sweden handled the Covid situation differently to much of the world I think and I don't think it went all that badly for them right?
Sorry for the delay in replying, I am away from home and did not see your message. I will give you the data I had a year ago for Spain and Sweden, I do not know if anything has changed, but I think they are correct. In Sweden the excess mortality in 2020 was higher than in 2019 and the same as in 2018. In 2023, from 2020, the numbers of deceased were normal.
In Spain, in 2023 the excess mortality was 130,000 people according to the National Institute of Statistics. That's what it is. And as you say, the Swedes have not done badly with their COVID policy, and my opinion is that they have done very well.
I think those temperatures in your country are great for mine.
Here we long for the cold weather to arrive, we literally fry almost all year long and especially this year has been extremely hot.
Basically we have nothing but intense summer and a little less than a mild winter.
Frying all year doesn't sound nice...unless it's frying bacon and that bacon is put between a bread roll with a fried egg and some ketchup! :)
I don't like the summer heat much either...it sometimes gets up to 47 degrees celcius here...I melt.
Heck, 47 degrees is too much, I hope your proximity to the sea will alleviate some of that sweltering heat.
Yeah, it's a little cooler by the sea, I go often in summer.
We are starting to make the slow transition into fall here. It's taking it's time though. We are currently in the middle of some mild but muggy weather. Eventually stuff will start dying off. We just need a couple crisp nights. My wife and I went to a concert last night. Got to see a young Australian guitar player. He was only 15 years old, but man could he shred.
Autumn (fall) is nice, we go hiking a lot and it's one my favourite times, all the leaves changing colour and all. I'm not into humidity which is one of the reasons I don't live in the far north of the country but we get a little bit here now and then...not something I respond to well.
It's good that concert was worth the effort and good to hear an Australian has done well...not like that fucken woman who did the break dancing at the Olympics. She's been locked away in a padded room for the rest of her life by the way...you heard it here first.
Oh boy, so many comments about that lady break dancer. It sounds like there was a lot of inside deals there. I love the fall too. I can't handle humidity too well. Sadly it looks like the warmer temps are trending further and further north each year.
Oh yeah, that kid...I have heard him plan, not in person though.
Actually, most people I talk to are looking forward to the change of season, to autumn. For me, it will always be summer. Not necessarily the height of summer with possibly unbearable temps or humidity - although around here this summer has been awesome this year IMO - but just before or after those few weeks of summer height. And that means now! It really has been glorious for the past two or three weeks here. Day temps in the low thirties, night around eighteen, none or minimal humidity, blue skies, sunshine - I don't want to work in an office kind of time - LOL
I bet there'll be a few Galen-Garden spring time photos in the near future?
Yeah, Autumn is nice, I like it.
Low thirties is about as hot as I'd like and I don't like that sort of heat consistently; of course, it gets much hotter here in summer so I deal with it...being born in Australia means I've had not choice. :)
My garden is still in winter mode but it's looking much better and i can its promise. I have double jonquils (in small pots) dotted around the place inside which smells and looks good and the outside is starting to come together nicely. I'll take a few shots now and then for sure.
Summer time here and it's been about 25 to 26C most of the summer and it doesn't get much colder than that in the winter. At lowest maybe 15 to 16C. Good weather year-round in San Diego.
That seems like quite temperate weather indeed! I've always thought I'd like San Diego, no so interested in LA though.
San Diego is fantastic. LA, on the other hand, isn’t as impressive. It has its good spots, but I’d prefer to avoid it whenever possible.
👏 Keep Up the good work on Hive ♦️ 👏
❤️ @mysteriousroad suggested sagarkothari88 to upvote your post ❤️
🙏 Don't forget to Support Back 🙏
Well said, @galenkp. Coastal apartment living has given me a new-found appreciation for my plant babies. I planted Spekboom in Summer. They were thriving! Now, at the mercy of the unforgiving coastal Winter temperatures - stripped of all its glory - they’re all but gone. 😢 So now I wait patiently for Spring and the promise of growth!
Good, your garden is coming up well
It sure is.
Our weather is miles apart from yours, we are in 'August Break', an interlude in the Rainy season. It's cool, the plants are flourishing after much rain and are now enjoying some Sunshine.
It does feel like Spring though!
Cool is better than hot I think, I melt when it's hot. You?
I don't like it hot either, cool is more like it!
That's sounds awesome...It's so great to collect stuff we've grown personally right?
Home grown produce is the best! I'm off to a farmer's market Sunday morning, I go fairly regularly, and the produce is amazing...and, of course, I grow my own too.