Seasons
Unlike our friends in the northern hemisphere, we are about to start summer. However, in Tasmania, winter has taken quite a long time to go away. November had quite a few days when it was cold enough to need the heater on from mid-afternoon; there has been a lot of rain and even some snow at higher altitudes. The day that we drove to Sisters Beach for the first time was wet, windy and cold.
Still, I consider that we are lucky, in many parts of Australia November has been a month of extreme heat and bushfires in several states notably New South Wales and Queensland where many homes were destroyed and lives were lost.
I have often mentioned that I don’t enjoy extreme heat. It is one of the reasons that we decided to move to Tasmania which has a more temperate climate than the mainland states. However, I look forward to summer days when the sky is blue, the breeze pleasant and there is just enough warmth to go out without a jacket. By the end of summer, I’ll be looking forward to autumn and the changing colours of the trees. Winter in a place that gets a little snow but not enough to cause the havoc that occurs in colder countries can be very pretty and then just about the time that I get tired of everything being drab and grey the spring bulbs pop up and another cycle begins.
Yes, I know that dilemma. I like it too how summer looks like but I don’t like heat. I can bear with cold temperatures but the darkness of winter, especially after some months make me depressive and lethargic at some point. But I think many people know that and there is actually a saying that I often hear when people complain about seasons in small talk… the other person often replies “. Yes, but in winter we will complain too” or “Yes, but in summer we will complain too” and then everyone laughs. I think it’s that common, that people are actually that they’re never fully happy with any of the seasons. I am the same, I am aware of that myself too.
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