Weather and other bits

It's already as cold as it was this morning when I got up for the first time. I think tomorrow will be colder and I can't stay in bed for as long. By Wednesday though it will be low 30°Cs during the day.

I guess I will be able to put my plants back outside. I've just brought in the ginger, tumeric and about 15 potted orchids.
 
The weather is certainly a fickled thing ......... all we have is a Wood Pellet Stove which puts out great heat and a seperate air conditioner. I'd love a wood stove but am too lazy (I think) to cut the wood and too tight to buy it :)
Wood is a lot of work. We used to find a hardwood that fell and let it season a year before cutting it up. Make a 4 WD road to it and chainsaw a few days and then trailer it all back and start splitting...

🪓 (No hydraulic splitters allowed.)
 
I will admit, as much as I have a fairly high cold tolerance (I have no issue walking barefoot through the snow to fetch the mail and back), I really don’t like sitting on a cold toilet.
Get yourself a fancy bidet seat. Models with seat heaters are available!

I have a bidet seat and I will NEVER go back. I even miss mine when I travel.
 
Today decided to go one better.

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And snow was recorded across 3 states/territories yesterday.

Snow, bitter cold, on first day of Australian summer
 
We've been having typical late November / early December weather here (Pennsylvania deer season weather). Damp, cold, windy, and overcast. We got a few inches or so of snow today. I went out yesterday and today trying to bring home dinner, but the deer haven't cooperated.
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We've been burning the fireplace insert for a solid month now. A high pressure system is moving in overnight, so we should finally get a little sun, albeit cold, with the lows in the teens and at least one day this week not to get out of the 20s.
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We're now starting a heatwave (3 days above 30°C). Rather frustratingly, this is being done without blinds on the windows to shield us from the heat. The painter was due today, so all of the blinds were taken down. He cancelled yesterday.

He's now coming on Saturday.

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