We have limped into Spring, the Season stubbornly refusing to align itself with the ticking-over of August into September. The early days have proved to be cold and damp, though as for the latter, the more dampness the better. We still need good rains across wide areas of NSW to break the drought.

In the city yesterday, even my winter bubble jacket could not stay the iciness of the winds which swept across the streets and was particularly fierce in between blocks. Modern city-scapes tend to push and direct winds down the narrow corridors that separate towers and buildings. The effect will only be heightened by the more extreme patterns of weather we are likely to meet in the future. I am not sure that cities will remain viable in their current configurations.

Just when we thought it right
to feel the sun on our skin,
drowned blossoms.....