Rain

"MORE rain is expected to fall by the end of the long weekend in southern parts of South Australia."

We are not complaining about the rain. It is so brilliant to watch things growing. So great to be rid of the dustbowls and dust. So fantastic to see GREEN. We don't like the cold. Hate the cold. We are not really worried but we do not like wearing piles of clothes because we feel so cold. So it has turned us to nice meals...home cooking, pub meals next a nice warm fire. We have been making soups, getting out the slow cookers and baking cakes and biscuits. We have made nice savouries and plunked ourselves in front of the tele to watch the football or a good film. It's cosy but it is oh so cold. The sad thing is places like Seacliff Park, Marion and Brighton are flooding because they have been built out and the drains are not coping with the run off. Concrete and bricks do not absorb water. It is better where people have stuck to gardens built on dirt and water. Those areas are having little run off. I couldn't believe how much I had to slosh my car through rivers running down or across roads as I drove to Marion. The closer I got , the worse it got...and it was raining more. So those councils needs to get onto some better water management practices.