Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
David E. Ross wrote:
On 12/19/11 1:38 PM, David Hare-Scott wrote:
La Nino is the boy child who comes to visit at Christmas some years
and who takes our rain. Here is one of the rare visitors of a La
Nina year when it is wet. This season makes your tomatoes and
squash wilt with fungus. You will note the distinctive lichen which
develops only during high humidity and constant showers, there is
some on the post too. It only lasts a week, already it seems she
has had too much holiday spirit and some of the growth has fallen
out. By Sunday she will be back to her old self.
http://s1086.photobucket.com/albums/j444/HareScott/
Happy holiday!
David
Where I live, El Niņo brings rain, sometimes torrential. My hill
tried to become part of my lawn during two different El Niņo
winters. See my
http://www.rossde.com/garden/garden_back.html#hill. La Niņa brings
drought.
So you are on the west coast of the USA? That's how it works, when
the bath water sloshes up one end it is down at the other. I bet you
don't get kookaburras with red crests though.
D
Our kookaburras are all on strike, it seems! Maybe the Corellas and
SCCockatoos moved 'em along...
I am in the middle of a clan war between two families of kookaburras. They
come to the power pole near the house to have a laugh-in to advertise their
territory.
But just this week, we've had a huge Blue Tongue in our bathroom, a
Water Skink in the living room and a Blind Snake on the front
verandah. The reptiles must all be having their Christmas parties
early!
No reptiles getting too friendly here but if it warms up we will see some.
Now, if only someone would move that blasted Koel along. He's driving
me MAD!!!!
You have to cut down all the large trees nearby so they will go and call
somewhere else :-)
David