I saw this idea today on Jilda's latest post and thought I would like to do one too - although it should really be posted on the 1st of the month.
March ... Three days into official autumn in this downunder country. Maybe the drought will end soon? We have had no rain for two months, and none to speak of for two months before that. The ground is brown, we are not allowed to water our gardens, and the farmers (and their stock) are suffering.
March ... the new school year is well and truly under way. It is so BUSY!!! We are understaffed and that means huge classes. In my Year 12 English class (age: 16-17) I have 29 students. That is far too many for a top academic class where the pressure is on them, and me, to achieve excellent results in national examinations. The marking load is going to be horrendous. My Year 11 and Year 13 classes are a more realistic size (26 and 16 respectively).
March ... in a week my little granddaughter will turn 4 - unbelievable. I can't wait to go and visit them in April. We talk often on the phone or Skype, but I can't believe how much I miss her and her little brother since they moved to Australia last September. It was wonderful to have them all back at Christmas.
March ... March was my mother's birthday month too. It is 12 years since she died, but the 16th of March never passes without my thinking gratefully of her strength and determination.
March ... the last month before Daylight Saving ends on the 1st of April. I feel sad when the evenings are darker earlier :( I am a summer person, and I dread the winter's arrival. At least winter in our new house will be warmer than we have been used to in the past, with our double glazing and efficient insulation.
My northern hemisphere friends will be greeting the onset of spring soon... Come visit our beach! (picture from here)
Beautiful beach! As you said, we're looking forward to spring here, and it can't come too soon for me. Hopefully, we'll stop getting rain and you'll start getting some.
ReplyDeleteI hope so! The weather doesn't seem to understand "moderation in all things"...
DeleteI would love to visit your beach, Alexia.
ReplyDeleteMaybe someday!
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Come on down, thunder. We have orbs here, too.
DeleteThat is a gorgeous beach. I am not a summer person, but do love the sea. In all its moods.
ReplyDeleteWe, like you, had been very dry. The ground was rock hard and far too many plants had become crispy critters. In the last little while we have had blessed rain (in moderation unlike much of Oz) and the landscape has changed dramatically. Instant green. I hope so of the wet stuff makes it over to you. Soon.
Oh! Your hope worked, EC - today it has been raining, and (relatively) cold. I don't think it will last long, though.
DeleteAlexia...you can have our rain. We've hardly had a dry day in two months! Finally, this morning the sky is blue and the sun is out...first time in ages, but I'm whispering this because I don't want to scare it away!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture. I do love the ocean and don't enough chances to sit by it these days....I dream of the day....
Thanks Lee - I have to tell you that I don't actually want rain... but i guess it's coming anyway! Enjoy your blue sky :)
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ReplyDeleteThank you. Glad you dropped by!
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