St Swithin

General, posted: 22-Jul-2008 11:46

OK. It has been raining for at least 40 days and 40 nights now - I'm sure of it!

I walked the dog up through the olive grove earlier and there is standing water on the ground and yet only a few months ago we were in drought restrictions. The weather seems to have become quite a thing of extremes.

I have almost 20 acres of grass that needs mowing, yet I dare not get the tractor out even when the rain stops, because the ground is just too wet. Even our pond is full to the brim - yet normally it holds nothing because it leaks into the surrounding soil - so that just shows how saturated the place must be.

So, I am stuck in the office listening to tunes and post-processing images - and wishing I had a much bigger monitor on which to do it! I am definitely going to get a 30" one soon.

Sorry - very British of me to moan about the weather, but there we are!

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Comment by Dratsab, on 22-Jul-2008 12:18 , user id: 26563)

Ha ha. Come over to the weather coast of the Solomon Islands. The average annual rainfall is about 18 metres!

Author's note by Geektastic, on 22-Jul-2008 12:33 , user id: 37022)

Oddly, my first girlfriend (many moons have passed since then...!) grew up in the Solomon Islands.
Her father was a doctor and she and her sister used to fly back to the UK to go to school which is where we met.
18 metres sounds a bit serious though - I think I'd need a boat and I allegedly live in one of the driest places in NZ!!

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