tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post8330608246182302072..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Reflections on the end of 2019 - my gardenJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-91688794823459879792020-01-15T20:22:08.218+11:002020-01-15T20:22:08.218+11:00Hi kvd. Thank you for the update and also the emai...Hi kvd. Thank you for the update and also the email. I am so far behind. I really liked that Youtube video and circulated it quite widely. <br /><br />I have been thinking of baths, marcellous! The only problem with a bucket in the shower lies in a certain danger because there is not a lot of room. Ah well! Now that we have been getting a little rain I have put out buckets etc to collect water. <br /><br />Hi Adam. i can't remember how much rain we got in November and December. December was still below average if higher than the record minimum for December. So far in January, till 8 tonight, we have had 55.8 mills. The long term average for January is 87.9. With more rain forecast over the next few days, we have a pretty fair chance of passing our average. Because of the storm patterns it's very variable. <br /><br />Hopefully you will get rain in Newcastle and beyond! Both the coast and the Hunter have been desperately dry. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-20158716033424009932020-01-15T17:09:29.948+11:002020-01-15T17:09:29.948+11:00Interesting that Armidale has had some water in No...Interesting that Armidale has had some water in November and December. Uni of Newcastle didn't record any rain between November 27th and January 6th. I was away from the 9th of December and was somewhat unnerved by how brown everything was on my return on the 5th January. Everyone is saying how they have never seen anything like it. Full grown eucalypts and turning completely brown! We've had roughly 1.4 mm of rain this week and are set to get a downpour on Friday so I look forward to the re-greening of the Hunter.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-21316952092449967682020-01-15T17:08:32.221+11:002020-01-15T17:08:32.221+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249726245769633649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-64123841341320464292020-01-06T22:29:21.402+11:002020-01-06T22:29:21.402+11:00Take baths rather than showers; siphon the greywat...Take baths rather than showers; siphon the greywater. Better than a bucket in the shower, though I suppose open to the criticism this conforms to the letter rather than the spirit of water restrictions. <br /><br />HNY. marcelloushttp://marcellous.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-1899124967719327052020-01-06T14:37:37.422+11:002020-01-06T14:37:37.422+11:00Was just sent this by a client. There was the odd ...Was just sent this by a client. There was the odd tear...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=81&v=-fLAL5CyHkg&feature=emb_logo<br /><br />...harrumph. Now get on with it!<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-76443518290654317712020-01-06T14:04:21.805+11:002020-01-06T14:04:21.805+11:00Hi Jim and HNY to you and yours.
In response to ...Hi Jim and HNY to you and yours. <br /><br />In response to your kind email, all is ok with me now, except for no power, hence limited/no ability to reply to you.<br /><br />Have a great 2020 year - and vision as well :)<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-2613318587748728062020-01-03T11:42:50.809+11:002020-01-03T11:42:50.809+11:00Happy new Year, Tikno. It was lovely to hear from ...Happy new Year, Tikno. It was lovely to hear from you. I hope that things are going well for you and yours. I was aware of Indonesia's fires. In Australia's case, the smoke from the fires has reached New Zealand, staining the glaciers on the South Island. The fire position won't be resolved in full until we get some rain. Or, I guess, when there is nothing less to burn. :( I would be reasonably sure that the Australian fires are linked to global warming via climate variability. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-48870079260646691972020-01-01T16:41:50.089+11:002020-01-01T16:41:50.089+11:00Hello Jim, happy New Year 2020. Wish you all the b...Hello Jim, happy New Year 2020. Wish you all the best.<br /><br />I hope that the problem of forest fires in your country can be quickly resolved. That also became a problem in my country Indonesia some time ago. We got protested by neighboring countries Singapore and Malaysia due to the smoke crossing into their country.<br /><br />Amazon Forest too. Maybe this is a sign of nature about climate change.<br />Reflections for mankind towards 2020.Tiknohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05733973438543735098noreply@blogger.com