07.27 am Wednesday 01 December 2010 AEDST
Have abandoned longish rambling entry detailing Monday's activities (only a trip to Oberon and falling asleep on cottage sofa).
It was clear on Sunday evening but then started raining and has been foggy with rain ever since. Seems to have been about 59 mm since Tuesday 9 am as far as I can work out (how I work this out was part of length of abandoned post).
Weather readings for Lithgow, Oberon and Katoomba all come from Mt Boyce weather radar, just off Great Western Highway a bit west of Blackheath (opposite Weber's Nursery for anyone who knows the area; it's hidden amongst the trees on the edge of the Megalong Valley escarpment).
There's no weather station at Hampton and I'm not smart enough to properly read old rain gauge left on tannelised timber castle (that I would like to dismantle) left by previous owners, which sits behind garage.
It's just cold, foggy (visibility comes and goes), the frogs are politely croaking (not tropical frogs, here), rain, rain, rain with no sign of break.
Weather forecast is rain into next week although temperatures, now about 10 C, going up into low twenties in middle of day. Great for wrapping christmas presents, now all mainly bought and wrapping paper and garnishments as well. Lousy for lawn; my concern about lawn is widely shared :: everyone is worried about their lawn and how it is likely to suddenly spring to knee height as soon as any sun appears.
Finished November with two presents wrapped, a personal record.
Volvo was serviced at Blackheath yesterday.
This was all day event so had car places loaner car for $15, a very new Mazda 2, covered with their logo.
Breakfast and christmas shopping at Whisk and Pin Cafe in Medlow Bath, K Mart trolley full, 100 yen store in Katoomba main street (Katoomba Street) not finding what I was looking for, Leura garden centre (chat about big terracotta pots on order, xmas tree options (want 2 metre blue spruce, only 2 metre norway ie green available, french melon varieties – more of this, then out to Leura kitchen shop, stationery shop, skipped bookstore and xmas shop (too narrow, too crowded), snack at Cafe Madeline then to Wentworth Falls and Jackman's art supplies, post office to post xmas cards started by my mother on Monday, into a local frock shop for a stocking stuffer white plastic reindeer broach (my Mother doesn't read this), to Lillianfels for afternoon tea, call from car place about needing to replace all tyres (no surprise; price of $235 each was pleasant surprise as Sydney friend who visited last week had paid $700 for one on her BMW the day before her visit), fell asleep on Lillianfels lounge chair, to Blackheath through fog to pick up car, booked in for rego/green slip check on 07 February 2011 (first entry in their 2011 book), stop at Veggie Patch for mushrooms, back through fog and rain to Hampton, fell asleep before dinner, coq au vin for dinner, bed and sleeplesness and finally asleep with bedside lamp and radio on waking as 6 am news finished to Emma Ayres chirps.
07.48 am Wednesday 01 December 2010 AEDST (will post and return to enter links)
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