Rain

Can't resist it - a bit of rain brings the creeks up and since we heard on the radio that Dayboro Road was closed due to flooding, we went out right after school. It was a full car - me, Jesse, Peet, Louisa, Simone, Robert Max and Samuel.

After a little of bit of disappointment at finding all the roads to Dayboro open we bought a couple of pineapples and found joy on Kobble Creek Road.

At first it was all very civilised - I watched the kids carefully while they paddled near the edge of the road. But when I picked them all up on the other side of the crossing we discovered that one of the pineapples had fallen out of the car - back across the creek. So Louisa and Simone went back - then I drove through and splashed them - then everyone had to have at turn.

So being the responsible (you could even say over protective - though Louisa claims that nobody would) mother/aunt that I am I found another crossing on a less busy road and unloaded everyone - then waited while the traffic passed - then gunned the car through the crossing to splash them all - and again - this time a 4WD followed and got the idea and splashed them too - then again - and again - then I said that was enough but Jesse wanted a turn. So she took off her shirt and put on Peet's and we did it again - and again.

By this time the little boys were getting cold so we put all the wet muddy bodies in the car and went for a look at Cedar Creek. Also fun. Lots of giggling was involved.

Robert made the whole trip when he got out of the car telling us 'that was awesome.'

Thunder & Lightening

Had a huge storm - blacked out for hours - hail - the whole shooting match - no damage though.

The kids were very responsible and covered up the cars with quilts to stop hail damage - can't believe they used my hand quilted ones though!

Rain!!

We have had a couple of days of beautiful rain. Since Max lost Louisa's rain gauge we have no idea how much rain we have had - but the tanks are starting to taste of rain water instead of town water. There have been damaging winds with the rain - not too bad here in beautiful Samford valley of course - but Roger cancelled PEC meetings last night since there were warnings not to travel unnecessarily on the radio. There have been news reports saying that we are now getting the same weather patterns as we had in 1974 - so we are hopeful of enormous rains this summer. In some ways it is no wonder we live in a world of little faith. Even with all the prayers and fasting of the saints across Australia, we now know what weather patterns are doing and it looks like the work of nature rather than a response to earnest prayer and fasting. Our pioneer fore-runners in the same situation would readily have acknowledged the hand of God because there was nothing else to turn to - and even non-believers would have to acknowledge God in some way. Now it is all about weather patterns -still I'm glad to know about both.

This photo is from a day of rain that we had a few weeks ago. Max is not allowed out in the rain this time because he has a cold and diarrhoea - he calls it a 'diacold'. Louisa has been playing in puddles but I haven't managed a photo.