Monday- 1.30pm. Believe it or not we are being blessed with a little rain. It certainly won't overcome our critical drought conditions, but I remember well that beggars can't be choosers.

We enjoyed scrambled eggs for lunch. Chives and vegemite added to the flavour and my mis-adventure was soon forgiven - well I hope it was-lol.

It has started becoming really hot out here. The temperature today promises to reach the maximum of 40 degrees C and a minimum of 24 degrees C.

Time to get the Air Conditioner working.

Did you know that Mozilla offers every minute temperature change right on your web page? All you have to do is get the add-on on your tool bar.

We are promised lots of rain this week-end to break our severe drought conditions. At 11am on Saturday there are a few clouds in the sky but none are threatening.

Watch this space - lol.

Though our autumn equinox has passed, we are experiencing one of those so called very long 'Indian Summers' - if you know what I mean - lol.

A cool morning 15.5C at 7.30pm. However by noon 23.4C with a gentle breeze, ideal for drying our washing.

Rain to the north, rain to the south, rain to the east, and the Tasman Sea to the west, but still no rain for us. Who cares anyway.

Present day human nature I guess - or are there other reasons. If so, what could they be?

Today the weather was - well, plentiful..... snow, sleet, rain, sunshine... I think the only thing we didn't have was fog (though we had it a few days ago.)

The problem with our weather is that it has no sense of proportion. It gets carried away with itself. It can't just rain for a single day, it has to rain for a month (or maybe two.)

That said, this is a beautiful place to be. Weather permitting

Our wonderful weather has continued all through the week. The days are still too hot but with Autumn now half gone, the mornings and evenings are cooler and much more comfortable.

Another calm, sunny, hot day. Ideal to do what had to be done. Took Pam to the doctor and picked up my desktop Acer PC after its last one year guarantee check. A free new mother board made the exercise worthwhile.

Today it seems is the first cloudy day that we have enjoyed for ages. A very welcome relief from the blazing sun.

At 2pm today Wednesday, the temperature is down to 23.5C instead of climbing to 30C and above. A very pleasant day indeed, fine, calm, and warm. We are certainly grateful for the small mercies.

It is just past noon on Friday and there has been no rain today. However, rain threatening clouds are moving in from the NE. Temperature at present is 22.4C

When I first came to live in the remote wilds of Scotland, the relatively small graveyards placed in the middle of nowhere, were a constant curiosity. Churches were not adjacent nor necessarily within view of these grave yards.  It was even more curious to me, to find that the isolated grave yards were 'invisibly' linked to a particular church.

A very warm welcome to firelight. What a very pleasant surprise to find you listed as a member of our Weathercheck group. We look forward to you keeping us up to date with the rather unique weather conditions in your part of the world.

At 11.40am the cloud is breaking here and we hope that we have a fine sunny day ahead. At present the house roof is receiving its finishing touches and we hope that the weather does not turn against us.

So, here in the North of Scotland we haven't had the storms, gales and floods that are wreaking havoc in the South and the North of England.  Haven't we? Well, yes we have, though not at the same point in time... Where I live, we are regularly hit by all sorts of harsh weather. We don't see snow as harsh, unless it develops into unusual proportions and we are cut off from our lifeline roads.  We are always unhappy about ice with our difficult roads.

Let's see what tonight and tomorrow brings.

Do you ever get weatherchecks from the TV or radio and if so how much faith do you have in them?

Life gets tedious, don't it?

Firstly, a very warm welcome to tylluanpenry, a very treasured blog friend. We look forward to your weatherchecks as your time allows.

Being in a declared drought region - fingers crossed.

10am. Tuesday - 16C outdoors here at 9am. this morning. Fine and calm but cloudy. Forecast is for long awaited rain during the next couple of days.

We can only wait and hope.

Firstly a very warm welcome to SunilBLathkar. Please keep us up to date with your weather and your other news.

The foliage is moving freely in nearby trees, which indicates that we may be in for a breezy day for a change. A really good day for getting the washing dry.

9.30am Saturday. Fine, calm and sunny, though the morning Autumn chill is beginning to become apparent. Today is the fourth day of the five day cricket test here in Hamilton and England is struggling to survive against New Zealand.

Hamilton City - New Zealand.

Weather conditions are ideal to start the house roof work. The water blasting has been done along with some minor repairs. Tomorrow, weather permitting, the re-chipping will begin and will be hopefully completed - fingers crossed - lol.

Yes, the northerly change has arrived with the promised gales but not with the promised very heavy rain which is very much needed. We were blessed with persistent light rain for a few hours this morning but that will certainly not break our drought. Let's hope that the heavy downfalls arrive soon.