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Sounds awful, Ron. 76% is unbearable surely. Omg, how to cope with that. I'm sure i'd be dripping, but Carol would be running for the sea to cool down. Nice enough out after torrential downpour this morning. It's so boggy out there but i can see my bulb tips showing. It here where i get excited for longer evenings and a show of flowers. The birds are singing well at the moment. Calling for more food probably. Not exactly cold at 15C, can't complain.
 
-21C sunny. It felt wonderful out at the outhouse, the dry cold air with the warm sun upon my back with no bugs to slap. I actually feel relieved for a change. If it were possible I could live in these conditions year round, but the wood pile would pose logistical problems as I could not keep up with year round winter heating.
 
It has been raining quite heavily here. The deep low that passed over Darwin then tracked thru the Gulf of Carpentaria crossed over cape Yorke then formed into a cyclone in the Coral sea. It was supposed to head SE out into the Pacific. Instead it has curved SW and is sitting off the Capricorn coast bringing high winds ,high tides and plenty of rain. There is nothing much predictable about cyclones so we will have to wait and see what happens. Ron. PS. Happy new year to all.
 
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It's -23c as I type... It was -27c this morning and only rose about 7c during the day. I would say the cold is a very crisp cold, Di. Our house is at 20% humidity. I actually like this weather compared to what Ron is going through. I wish t-bone the best, that's bloody scary to have a grass fire in 100 MPH winds. I pray for a better new year and success for all of us in 2022. Happy New Year! 🥂🍾🧨🎆
 
-27C Brilliant sunshine under cobalt blue skies. It was quite fresh at the outhouse and that sun packs the warmth, it just feels good. I will go for a good ski this afternoon. I'll take this while we have it as this dry cold does not last all that long and is the best of winter. Chris the humidifier uses 20 liters a day, without it the air becomes very dry and my airways and mouth dry out. I also have to water the plants much more due to the dryness. New Years was very quiet. Lets hope it will be a better year, and air travel without masks becomes possible so I can visit family I have not seen in almost three years.
 
Cyclone Seth is currently passing SE Qld. It is a lot closer to the coast than predicted . It brought a lot of rain yesterday. Most areas in the SE have strong winds and dangerous surf conditions and much higher tides than normal. Holidaymakers have been warned to stay out of the surf and be vigilant in coastal campsites. Ron.
 
Oh, my! Chris, that sounds just dreadful. How on earth do people keep themselves alive? Is all that water freezing over now? That will cause properties a lot more damage if it's freezing in the walls and floors etc.

Partial sun today which is nice. Mild again although the weather is about to get cold and perhaps windy. Not cold and windy like Canada though.
 
-30C Cracking cold, during the night the house walls bang. Considering that its 25 C inside that is a difference of 55 C degrees between indoors and outside. I keep the furnace well fed, and I'll go skiing again this afternoon. Three days of skiing in a row, good for my appetite, but I must watch that I get enough calories as skiing uses a lot. During the day the temperatures reach about -20C, dressed properly one can ski all afternoon, but I usually need a rest after a couple hours at most. It should be a good ice road season for bringing supplies to our remote communities.
 
Millions of tons of sand are disappearing from the beaches of SE Qld as the remains of cyclone Seth heads in towards the coast, The cyclone has brought very high tides as well which has made the problem worse. Just to the south of me is an area called Pumice stone passage . Bribie island runs parallel to the mainland from Caloundra in the north to Moreton bay in the south. The heavy surf and high tides have broken thru Bribie island a few kilometers from the northern tip. If the rift stays open it is feared many kilometers of the island will be lost and with it the protection to thousands of homes of the western side of the passage. It will go from a river bank to a surf beach. The weather bureau says that another low is deepening off the far north coast and has a 50/50 chance of becoming a new cyclone .Ron.
 
-18 C Milder with flurries. Cold and quiet, I spent the afternoon skiing and got up to the half way point on the trail. I had to make a detour around an area of fallen trees from the heavy wet snowfall we had earlier in the season. Its common for this to happen, the forest constantly changes, trees come down making room for young ones to grow. Covid numbers are way up and more lockdowns are looming along with store closures once again. The rules keep changing like the weather.
 
Cyclone seth has been down graded to a sub-tropical low but it is still sitting just off Brisbane in SE Qld .It is causing strong winds and dangerous and destructive surf. It has combined with the biggest tides of the year to inundate low lying coastal areas including towns particularly those sitting on rivers. The low is not moving at the moment and is expected to dissipate by Thursday . When it does strong SE winds are expected to bring in heavy rain.
We too are in the midst of a rapid covid surge. The dominant strain is omicron . It is now government policy to just let it rip given that it is considered a less dangerous strain. It is back firing badly badly omicron cases are overloading hospitals and the still present delta is still killing people. Even with three shots I don't feel safe. Ron.
 
I don't feel safe either, Ron. I feel bloody defiant at this point though! I'm pretty sure I've had covid twice now... Still getting another Jab next week as a good citizen supposedly should..... Why?, I ask.... Why? I could blame a certain country, but that wouldn't be politically correct... (or would it)? I'm sick of pandering to the idiots! Let's call a spade a spade!!
 
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We had fine snow this morning, so obviously the last of our record breaking warmth for new year has vanished and we're back to normal. Still very wet and boggy out there.

Buff, 25C indoors. No one in Britain can afford that anymore. I have mine on 18 at the most, it costs too much. Mind, i've hear that everyone across the pond like it warm. I call that toastie. I'd like 25C indoors really, and it;s lovely to know that you do keep warm in that cabin with that warmth. It's freezing to be -30C outside. Bold to go skiing for a couple of hours though. Seems like fun. We just have to go abroad to do that. Scotland isn't brilliant. Always exciting weather down with you in Aus, Ron. Stay safe though. Do you ever go out in the boat these days, Ron? Haven't heard you speak of fishing for the past year or so. Not that i could keep up with Buff on skis or Chris on his iron horse. Me, i just pootle about doing sorting stuff. I do like a couple of online courses though.

T-bone, sincerely hoping you and your family are fine with all that's going on in Colorado. Hope to hear you're all safe soon. Carol, hope all is ok with you and Les. Keep well and safe.
 
-20 Flurries. 18C Di I would be freezing. I come home and the house will sometimes cool off to 18 and that is uncomfortable. Having a warm house is what pushes me to cut that big pile of wood every year, plus it saves a lot of money. The government profits handily from all the taxes on heating fuels, while those who can least afford it such as myself pay through the nose. I'll heat with wood until my arms fall off as the governments think we are made of money. Covid numbers are going through the roof, and the same people who tax the heat have no idea how to handle the pandemic, I'll just keep self distancing, out in the bush and on the ski trail.
 
Ex cyclone Seth has been sitting in the same spot for three days now. People in the effected area are getting a little sick of high winds, high tides and high seas. The break through Bribie started at around 20 meters wide ,it is now out to 200 meters. The local council is worried that what has now been termed as north Bribie island will disappear all together and that bar entrance will join up with the break through. This will result in an ill defined constantly changing channel. The bar was considered dangerous enough before and a lot of boats have come to grief on it.
No Di , I have not been fishing for nearly eighteen months. I am not safe on the water anymore. Balance is one ability essential in small boats.
Heatwaves in Western Qld ,Northern territory and large areas of West Australia with temps in the mid 40'cs widespread. Ron.
 
-22C light snow with a bluster north wind. I am sorry to hear that you have not been out in the boat Ron. I could say the same that I have not been using the cabin lately. I would like to go but the trail is still blocked by fallen trees, and my strength is not there. Not all is bad, yesterday they came out and hooked up high speed internet with a fiber connection. My speed has increased by ten fold, up to 25 gigabytes per second. My monthly charges will rise by only ten dollars per month.
 
I understand about balance Ron. Don't suppose the fish that you would have caught miss you though. Weather sounds awful. Fancy being stuck in a cyclone that's slowly dying for days on end. Awful. Hope it improves and there is calm in Aus and not too hot either.

Sunny out today. Very cold though. I wrapped up warm for my hospital appointment today. Got another tomorrow. think i'm going to get drowned getting there from the bus. Sharp frost tonight so i'll make use of the egg boxes i saved. Hey, Buff, proper internet now. Not a bad increase either.
 
Sorry the one above is from yesterday obviously i hadn't posted it. Oh, my brain.
So, i didn't get to the hospital today due to crohns being too bad, so they phoned me. Looks like my numbers are up even more. Scan required to id where the cancer is. Here we go again.

Very cold out, very frosty. 3C today and raining now. Nothing too interesting.
 
-25C thin overcast. Its been steady cold of late which is good for the forest as the cold helps kill off the destructive types of insects that stress trees which can increase the flammability of the forest. The winds yesterday shortened my afternoon ski, but it did not stop me. Di, sorry to hear the news, hang in there and beat the scourge.
 
-25c here with another foot of snow over the last couple days. It's coming down pretty steadily despite the cold today, quite surprisingly. I think I'm getting depression lately... Oh well, I guess that's part and parcel of the. "new normal." Not to worry... I'm not coming unhinged or anything, just really tired of the damn bug on top of everything else we have to deal with and bummed out in general. Join the club right?! Hang in there Diane, I'm in your corner. Huge hugs. XX
 
my most humble apologies for my lack of participation online
i owe a few folks pm's and have a few threads to update ( with not the best of news, unfortunately )

i could blame it on my broke laptop, (dog gave it a flying lesson)
(i've got the laptop back together and semi functional, ... minus some letters and a space bar you have to hit with a hammer, lol)
... but in all honesty, i could still read/post from my phone for the last week, i just didn't, and i apologize for that

... i just can’t think clearly/ find words

i am a relentlessly positive person by nature, but my faith in humanity in general has reached a new low
... i'm also facing some challenges with testing/labs that have all but destroyed my faith in science (as interpreted by western doctors)

i'd rather not drag the fine folks on this forum down this miserable path with me, so i have just been keeping to myself

just wanted to check in as i don’t want to worry anyone

i appreciate the well wishes, and hope you all are doing well

... sure would like to hear from Carol!

ps;
the weather has been pretty ugly
that wind driven fire got a lot of good workaday folks, and then it snowed/got bitter cold the very next day
... with the windchill it's just ... unpleasant ... to be outside for very long
going to be a rough start to the year for many good people
 
Well it's about time but ex tropical cyclone Seth has finally crossed the coast this morning at Frazer island. The winds have gradually died as have the seas. We will still be getting torrential rain from it for the next twenty four hours. I am trying not to leave the house at the moment. Both omicron and delta are still running rife. Omicron makes you sick and Delta is more likely to kill you. The eastern states have around one hundred thousand cases, western Australia has zero, they refused to open their borders. Ron.
 
Yep, stay safe, Ron. Far better to ignore the madding crowd. Our cases are at least 100,000 per day at the moment and the military is helping out on the hospital wards etc. Thank God your weather is settling down a bit. You always get the wild stuff down under.

My cats were always all over my laptop, T-bone. I was also keys missing. Honestly, they don't make computers like they used to. In fact nothing is made like it was. Must say, i don't think clearly at all these days, but i think i now understand the chemo fried brain and the fog. I can't see my way forwards clearly. I'm disorganised too.

Chris, i have to admit, it's hard at the moment. The entire world has been sent into an unknown chaos and our lives are being made to the point of discontent. Unfortunately it's been this way a little while, especially over here in the UK. We seem to have no stability in our lives, everyone is protesting one thing or another and doing damage along with it. Terrible place, planet earth. I wish i was an animal. I don't think they know much apart from their owners are a tad changed lately. Try and keep your chin up, however, if need be a quick visit to gp for some temp relief. Unless of course, you don't take vit D3 with K2 and some zinc. There are also super stress B vitamins by swanson. These might help. thinking of you.

Buff, i hope you get a full few hours of skiing in soon.

It's 3C out there and my neighbour has a bunch of snowdrops coming up. I love seeing the first flowers. Sunny at the moment. Days still getting longer, whoopee.
 
Was settling Di, was ,now they say another cyclone is starting to form over the gulf. One of the problems with cyclones is that in any given year they all tend to follow the same patterns. I am over cyclones and politicians and covid. If the first doesn't get you , one of the others will. Ron.
 
-28 Sunshine. Its fresh outside this morning, when I ski all the problems are left behind, and its just me and forest, or what is left of it. We are all suffering together, and I don't mind sharing the pain, I think it a means of coping. I too am fed up with it all, I have not seen family in almost three years. Despite the cold weather, it has not slowed down the logging crews as these parasites chew their way through what is left of our forest. It maddens me further that the government forester admits that they want to take every last tree and transform the boreal forest into massive tree farms right down to our property lines. These plantations will burn like napalm, and the government will blame it all convienently on climate change rather than land use change and jack up the carbon tax once again on April 1st. I am sick of paying taxes to subsidize the logging roads, and sick of the direction this country is heading. Enough of the rant, glad to see you Tbone. Luckily my cat leaves my laptop and furniture along, of all cats, she has been the best of all.
 
Well I was a bit premature with Seth. It did not stop spinning when it got over land. What it did was to become stationary behind the Wide bay hinterland and started spinning faster. It stayed where it was for two days dragging moisture from the sea. The forecasters have never seen its like before ( and hope not to see it again). Last night it dropped huge amounts of water over vast areas of the Sunshine coast and wide bay hinterland. The heaviest recording was from a small town near Goomarie . They received 690 mm overnight. There are still people missing in the floods. One man was found drowned in his car this morning. Floods stretch from the sunshine coast hinterland to north of Bundaberg. Hundreds of kilometers of roads have had their bitumen stripped off like cardboard . Gympie is cutoff and flooded. A huge flood peak will reach Maryborough by the morning. Most of the dams that were empty three weeks ago are now over the spillways, the floodwaters have nowhere to go except down stream. Emergency services have been completely blindsided by the event. SES helicopters have flown to the area but with no communications they don't know where to send them. They are just flying over properties looking for people in trouble. Anew cyclone is spinning up off cape Yorke. Ron.
 
Wow, Ron, sounds like it could end up like BC, although that wasn't a cyclone. What weird behaviour. Is this something to do with El nino? Almost sounds like some kind of man made Haarp event. Lifting all that moisture and dumping it is dreadful. 69cm overnight is around 15 -18 inches isn't it? Omg, what problems, and were blindsided! Dreadful weather. Sincerely hope it improves.

Dull and overcast with rain expected most of the day. We're around 4C so not so bad. There will be some snow further north over the next 24 hours apparently, if it comes this far south then it won't settle as it's too wet.

I do agree, it's good to vent a little, otherwise we sit and stew a bit. Doesn't harm to mention our woes sometimes. We are of course the best support we have with our health and lifestyle and yes, it's great to know how everyone is and isn't. Hoping Carol and Les, of course, are fine.
 
Lovely and sunny out today, not too cold either. The bulbs are pushing up fast now which is great. Just bought another sack of bird feed too. They love it this time of year. Mind, we're not frosted over now and they can dive their beaks in the soil no problem, so it's just extras really.

Carol has been missing a long while, sincerely hope Les is ok. I think i might just message her and check all is well enough. It's a little worrying. I'm sure she should have got a new laptop by now, bless. Our Omicron is beating a very fast retreat now. Let's hope it's all over.
 
-25 Sunny. The snow we received has been followed by some fresh cold air. I'll go for a ski later. Thats good news Di regarding the falling numbers. The doctors expect the new variant will be short lived. Lets hope this is the light at the end of the tunnel and not the train. I am wondering and concerned about what might be going on for Carol, this is too long for simply replacing a laptop.
 
-30C Very cold and quiet. The ice is building up on the great lakes which are really seas given their currents and ability to change the weather. People have been out ice fishing, a group of them got stranded on moving pack ice after the ice they were fishing on broke off and drifted away from shore near Green Bay. Luckily rescue crews took everyone safely to shore. Di I hope Carol will be in touch.
 
Not heard from Carol as yet. Perhaps it's Les, maybe he's taken ill again. Happens. We'll just wait but she was one of the top commenters on this forum, it's not just in here. So lots will be missing her activity on here. Sad really, but we can be hopeful that she simply hasn't got a laptop again yet.

Showers but not too cold today. Numbers are still heading downwards, so good news at last.
 
It is hot and humid. We have rain everyday. Floods are slowly subsiding across wide bay Capricorn. The rain was so wide spread that it is taking forever for all of the runoff to reach major rivers and get to the sea. A farther and his daughter were rescued yesterday after two days trapped in flood waters . The father had virtually tied his nine year old daughter and himself to a tree where they were found alive and distressed. Very hot over in southern WA. with temps around 37c in Perth. Out of control bushfires are burning once more south of Perth. I have not been well but I am not surprised there is mold everywhere. Ron.
 
Sounds absolutely awful, not what i would term a summer, Ron. Too much danger with the weather to be able to enjoy it. I've not got a clue as to how to deal with mold either. It will require gloves and probably vinegar and bicarb of soda i would have thought. Do visit the doc before you get too bad Ron. Mold is dangerous.

Wet, the rain isn't nice either. Looks much like a mild winters day but i'm not going out in this at all. I'm going to stay in and snuggle up with a book, but after i've done some chores and throwing out of stuff i don't need. I have way too much. Numbers down again, that's the only good news from the UK, even Carol hasn't shown up yet.
 
-18C flurries. We all are living in a period of hurt, I have been having motility problems and have to resort to taking a laxative every second day to keep things moving. Yesterday was a cold day with warm sunshine, though the temperature was only -23C there was no wind, and the heat of the sun was amazing during my afternoon ski. But then the pains set in and I had to cut the afternoon short. My nephew's plans for and extended stay at his camp was cut short when the province announced that schools would reopen as case numbers and hospital admission cases surge. Covid is more about politics than science with how the rules constantly change and flip flop.
 
hot, humid with very high humidity. I am spending today trying to remove some mold. I have been told to use clove oil but the smell of that stuff makes me feel sick. Same with chlorine beach ,it is not good for me but it clears more quickly than the clove oil. Our covid situation is completely out of control . With worker levels becoming grimmer every day health care, food supply , transport are all falling apart. High levels of vaccination (over 90%) have not been having the forecast results. Ron.
 
Try and keep safe from that mold and covid, Ron, neither are good. Together, don't let it happen! Our numbers are retreating hastily. At this rate we'll all be partying like govt ministers during a lockdown! Our sickness levels in hospital staff means my scan appt cannot be made just yet, way too busy, not enough staff. Oh, well!

Hard frost this morning, very cold, but sun is shining beautifully now and i can actually feel some warmth. I've just watched a flock of long tailed tits descend on my fatball feeder. It's wonderful to watch when the weather is really cold like this but mostly they aren't around normally, so a nice treat for me whilst in the kitchen.
 
-12C Flurries. Yesterday the neighbor came over and the three of us cleared 75 meters of the cabin trail before we became exhausted. The trail is a mess and the work is hard and slow and all of us are older. Covid is everywhere, and to complicate things many shelves are bare in the grocery stores. It will get worse as unvaccinated drivers from south of the border will not be allowed into Canada. Basics like eggs are getting harder to find lately.
 
Been nice and sunny again today. Not too chilly either. Very slight ice on the pond but could break through with my hand. Got to the tip today with more stuff to chuck out, went to go shopping afterwards and realized i didn't put my handbag in my car after filling it with rubbing. How annoying. Too knackered to go back out. Tomorrow will do. I probably won't find all that i want at the shops either, Buff. We've been out of lots of stuff and the prices are a joke. The hikes in them is so noticeable that it's silly. I see people putting stuff back and also checking the new price is actually right with the staff. Life just got not only difficult but expensive.
 
It is in the 30'cs today and humidity is 80%. The number of covid cases in the eastern states has gone through the roof as have the deaths. Unfortunately all of the people dying are people with underlying health issues regardless of vaccination status. The rules change every day , not based on expert health advise but on political expedience. The health area is running out of healthy people as is aged care, food supply and transport. As a result they change the rules to send sick people back to work and then tell us what a good job they are doing. Ron.
 
There's a hard frost out there this morning. Was going to get out shopping very early, no, i'll wait. That frost all over the car can defrost naturally. Mind, we have some fog coming in and no real warmth or sun to heat things up. Getting very worried about Carol, thinking maybe Les is ill actually.

Seems those vaccines don't work, Ron. Stay safe and i hope you're coping with the mold now.
 
Thanks Di. About five oclock this afternoon an underwater volcano off Tonga erupted. All of the islands in the immediate area were hit by tsunamis . There have been reports of damage and inundation but no casualties. Several areas on the Australian east coast including the Sunshine coast are all on tsunami alert and we have been advised not to go into the surf and to avoid most waterways. The volcano is predicted to possibly cause more waves for some time.Ron.
 
-30C under cobalt blue skies. Cold and quiet, my oil furnace has not run now for a month, as the wood furnace runs steady. Tonga undergoes a major eruption, the picture of the plume is huge, I hope everyone will be okay. I am going for supplies and a fuel run. Fuel prices are expected to go up as crude prices continue to climb. Political pressure is forcing schools to reopen despite the rising cases and the hospitals are beyond capacity. This move is undermining all the precautions put in place. I don't believe that children wearing masks is any way for them to learn.
 
We had a massive storm come thru at 4 am today. I heard it coming and checked it on the radar loop. It stretched from Brisbane to Wide bay. We received heavy rain but no strong winds . We are still on tsunami alert from Frazer island to bass strait. We had a report from the met bureau this morning reporting water height events from Lord Howe and Norfolk islands and from the Qld coast to Two Fold bay in southern NSW. There is no communications from Tonga. The volcano has been growing out of the sea for several years ,since the explosion the centre of the small island is missing. It is behaving like a mini Krakatoa. Ron.
 
-12C light snow. Luckily the tsunami threat past without any major calamities. I wonder how high the erruption went into the atmosphere. Yesterday was long, but I got everything on my list done. I had to go easy after all the lifting of the fuel cans as the gallbladder pain started radiating towards my right kidney. Its a little better today, but I am going to have to take it easy and let the doctor know. I sure don't want to end up in hospital with covid going on, and the place is packed.
 
Heatwave conditions in the north and west of Qld and rain coming thru the centre of Australia from ex cyclone Tiffany. It will reach us tomorrow. Last week Onslow on the north west coast of west Australia , equaled the highest temp ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, 50.7 c. That is hot. There have been no more rumblings from Tonga but Raaf flyovers have shown that the whole island is blanketed in volcanic ash .There is still no communications because the underwater cable was severed by the eruption. Early reports have three people killed but we won't know more until the New Zealand and Australian navy arrive with choppers. The big transport planes cant touch down till ash is cleared from the airfield. Ron.
 
A British lady who chose to try and save her rescue dogs has died on Tonga. No communication is bad, however, i hear both Aus and NZ are sending help immediately to ascertain the situation and help required. Let's hope most survived. It was rather bad and so unexpected. Trouble is, there is nothing anyone can do but worry. Hope your family are ok in the Philippines, Ron.

50C is too high for life on earth. Is there life at Onslow? I'd hate to be there. Lovely and sunny this morning, but it was completely white with a harsh frost and ice. Going to be that way for a while apparently.

Carol has not responded to my messages at all. We can't force her to respond. I hope we get to know how things are with both herself and her husband. I don't think it can be good. Wishing them the best. Chris, you've been missing for 10 days, are you trying to visit Carol? Hope all is ok with him and also T-bone. It's hard this time of year, but hoping all will return soon.
 
-18C with light snow. With the neighbor's help we got the trail open to the cabin and main trail system. There is a half meter of snowbase with more snow expected. Winter is pretty much on the normal this year in terms of snowfall and temperatures. Given the scope of the scale of the eruption Tonga got off lucky. This thread has been very quiet lately, Chris has been away for a long time, and Carol's absence does not bode well.
 
Yes Di ,people live at Onslow. There are actually two Onslows. The first one was continually getting smashed by storms and cyclones so it was relocated to a safer area. It is still considered a supply port for a large remote rural area. It is a bit surprising that a coastal area gets that hot but it has to do with wind direction. when the wind blows from the east , Onslow cooks. Buff I am glad that you at least have a normal season finally. We are still in La nina. With above average rainfall on the entire east coast of the country and across central Australia . We are getting some spectacular sunrise and sunsets from the Tongan ash clouds being blown across Qld and NSW. i really think that the nature of severe chronic illness carries a side effect of depression. In normal times we get adequate medical treatment but with the pandemic I suspect that people in our circumstance are prone to fall through the cracks. Threads like ours are likely more important now than ever before. We can only hope that our friends rejoin us soon. Ron.
 
-22C We received 15 cms of snow yesterday and overnight. I'll be spending the afternoon digging out. Ron, you are right about depression affecting those with chronic illness. Illness taxes both the body and the mind, and those living with chronic illness do not enjoy the standard of living that healthy folks receive, plus living in contant discomfort and pain is mentally debilitating. Its a cycle that constantly repeats itself throughout the lifetime. This thread has a group of followers that have been together for a long time, anytime there is a loss of a member it affects us all. I hope they will once again drop in for a chat.
 
Lovely and sunny today. Not too cold in the afternoon, but chilly this evening. Tomorrow we will be up to 6C but frosty and icy from the early morning. Those sunsets must be spectacular at times, Ron. I do love a sunset but i'm fairly built up on a hill but with trees to cover much of the sky so i don't get to appreciate them as big sky. I know what you mean about depression, i think we are down on seratonin which is created in our guts, but not too much in our poorly guts. It figures, plus the pain, the loo visits, the join pains and the lack of energy and poor strength muscles, all add to the problems causing depression and if we have another auto immune such as arthritis or sjorgrens then we don't really stand a chance.

Anyway, hope tomorrow is not too depressing for me as i have my bloods and scan to get to. Stay safe everyone.
 
-30C dry cold, but the sun is very warm. When we are in a cold snap such as this one, we get beautiful rosy sunsets, and the stars are very bright at night. Despite that my nights have been poor of late when gas pains build up at the stricture which prevents me from sleeping on my right side for fear of a rupture. As much as I enjoy winter, my body lately is not taking to the physical work and exercise that comes with it. Shovelling 20 cms of snow is quite an effort. I take a slow pace shoveling. I sometimes wonder how much longer I can stay here, I think it will depend on my health and ability to cut and pile enough wood.
 
Sorry you're suffering, Buff. Doesn't sound good. I think life-long health issues catch up with us at this age. We tend to have more strength, and at least more fight, when we're younger. There's that determination to get on and do things no matter how we struggle, but once we get older our cells have naturally less energy and less energy with crohns disease. It's hard work living and getting stuff done these days. Ron sounds the same too. Mind, that weather sounds lovely. Wish we had some warmth. Was a lovely sunny day, but the frost stayed all day. No snow anywhere yet.
 
We have all formed friendships on this thread and many of us have been here a long time. I hope that Chris and Carol are both ok and dealing with the constant problems plaguing our lives. I really feel for you Buff ,there is nothing worse than being mentally up for a challenge but falling physically short of completing it. Sometimes I feel so bad during the day that I honestly feel I will probably die but mentally I won't let it happen. I don't forget to take all my pills, I don't forget to eat right and avoid the things that I know effect me adversely. I give thought to what I do and avoid things that honestly know I can't achieve particularly in the heat and humidity. I try to get enough sleep and quality rest. So far my approach is working for me. It may not work for anyone else. I feel we do need to plan tho. Hugs to everyone ,I wish you all better health. Ron.
 
-18C Partly cloudy. I follow a similar routine Ron, life is a mine field at times, I try to avoid anything that may bring on the pains be it foods or activities like a fragile boat navigating unfriendly waters. Today is a better day after getting some needed sleep last night. I hope Chris and Carol are well, its been awhile now. All we can do is plod on, and hope for better to come along. Its the hoping for better that keeps me going. Optimism and hope are powerful feelings that bring light to the darkness in our lives.
 
Has been another lovely sunny but cold day. A lot of ice, frost and some fog. Once the fog went it was lovely to see the sun, i just wish it was for longer each day. Still, mustn't complain really. We've only ten more days of January left. Time goes so fast. I had a diabolical night on the loo last night. Think it must have been the contrast i had to drink for my CT scan yesterday. Omg, poor guts. It seems meds make the intestine worse. You're right, Buff. I haven't had any word from Carol from the email and message sent, and Chris and T-bone were both a bit down lately. I worry about them. Carol i don't think has ever taken a break before. I go awol occasionally when emails go to spam or i'm very poorly. I must say the darker days do get to me badly, even with d3 and k2 vitamin tablets. Days are getting longer, apart from Ron, but i think you've a long way to go for cooler, more tolerable, weather
 
Heat as been bearable on the east coast tho humidity has been very high and rain is an almost daily event. On the other side of the country ,Perth has set is in its second lot of extreme heat records. For the second time in several weeks temps have stayed over 40c for 5 consecutive days in a row. As with Onslow it is because the winds have been blowing from the east instead of the traditional westerly winds and no sea breeze. The centre of Australia is looking at flooding rains for the next week. Aid is flowing to Tonga from pacific nations. One of the problems with delivering aid is that Tonga is covid free and technical people needed for repairs and other activities must quarantine for 3 weeks when they arrive . There are bushfires in South Australia in a red gum plantation. One senior volunteer fire fighter was killed and another seriously injured when a tree fell on them whilst fighting the fire . I am glad you were able to get some needed rest Buff,. Di i know what you mean about tests,I have the same problems with scopes , as if I need all of those laxatives. Ron.
 
-19C Sunny with a gusty northwesterly wind. The winds make it very cold to be outside. The nephew and his three kids went out to their cabin for the weekend. Temperatures went down to the -30s during the night, it must have been cold until the wood stove warmed up their place. They love going out there in the winter, and the cold won't slow them down. Those preps they use for the contrast when they perform MRI tests are hard on my body. Explosively violent, I end up going into the loo several times before I can leave after the test, there is no holding it back with a colostomy. I usually cannot drive very far until I stop to use the loo or more often, just stop and empty it before it overflows. Its all part of life living with the scourge.
 
Yeah, My guts are still dodgy today. Will have to whack back the questran to try and stop the loo visits. I have snowdrops coming up now although it was again frosty this morning. There are also signs of primroses showing through and i think my tulip leaves will get frostbite. Aside from that i've kept my heating down by putting more layers on and our energy bills are now going up in April and October. Around £3,000 per year, i had been paying around £800. I'm scrimping. Most of the UK are. Fuel prices aren't coming down although wholesale prices have. Our country is impossible to live in.
 
Some heavy rain in outback South Australia causing some flooding, same in western Qld. very hot in WA and hot and humid with rain everyday here in Qld. Di the heat here is inconvenient but is rarely life threatening. Very few places in Australia have life threatening cold. I have not used any form of home heating in over 20 years . I have been suffering sleep disruption with the heat and humidity.Ron.
 
Glad you are still upright Chris, we were certainly worried about you. Things were always tough when I was a kid but you always ignored it and got on with it. These days it is a lot harder to ignore what is going on around us, as far getting on with things ,I will settle for staying upright, hugs to all Ron.
 
Less frost today. My own snowdrops have white heads showing, they'll soon bloom. My neighbours more established ones are out although not too many out in the lanes as yet. It is slightly warmer today and it's nice to know there is only 1 week of January left. I'm never a fan of January. I've probably harped on at you all over that one, but i do suffer the January blues very badly. So, when the days get towards the end of January and days are lighter and January is vanishing, i start to feel as though i can live again. However, i suppose with scans and blood results i might just get to the place where i can find some strength to fight this beastie again.

Glad you're back on the feet Chris, we do worry. Especially as in Covid/Floods/Crohns etc. Life isn't easy these days as Ron said. Stay safe all.
 
Perth had its 6th day of 40c+ temps yesterday ,today WA is fighting fires again. The red centre of SA received up to 200 mm of rain yesterday. Most of the local residents say they have never seen anything like it in their lifetime. Meanwhile in the east we remain hot and humid with a daily hit of rain, Ron.
 
sounds more like a disaster report, Ron. Over here we haven't had frost at all last night and it's really quite mild too. We don't need to escape to some other place that has hospitable weather. it's so sad for the people and wildlife out there. I'm sure it could never have been that bad in former era's otherwise no one would have settled there. I mean apart from the Aboriginals. What do they say about the changes to the nation? They're the ones that know the true climate of Aus i believe.

Not much doing today for me. A good tidy up and a rest as i went shopping yesterday which was late so i didn't run into too many people. I'm suitably knackered from it and the challenge of wonky supermarket trolleys that are exhausting to manoeuvre around people.
 
That is wonderful news . I am glad they are both ok after covid. Over here nearly all of the deaths are in the 50-90 age group. I think the govt arranged that so they wouldn't have to pay pensions. The indigenous people want us to stop celebrating Australia day. I don't think the PM will go down that road. Ron.
 
-26C sunny under cobalt blue skies. Chris, glad to see you back, your absence was getting concerning. Great news to hear Carol is alright, now our old group is back together. Its been cold and quiet. Our energy prices are crazy making life difficult for anyone earning a regular wage or lower. Thankfully I can heat with wood, otherwise I would be paying at least $4,000 for oil each winter, which is still cheaper than propane, and electric heat is out of the question with the pricing in the province. The feds keep putting on the squeeze with their annual carbon tax increase every year, and not one cent is going into climate change projects.
 
Central Australia and most of the traditional low rainfall areas of the country have received a significant amount of rain in the last week resulting in widespread flooding. Many sealed roads have been badly damaged and unsealed roads are all but gone. Many communities are isolated. The rains ,mainly storms are expected to continue in many inland areas of SA ,NSW,NT and Qld and the monsoon trough continues to increase in activity. More cyclones are expected to form in the coming weeks. Ron.
 
-30C with brilliant sunshine. We are at the height of winter now, and tonight it maybe the coldest night for the year. This year winter has been colder than the previous winter, the ice road network to the remote communities are doing well this year, as large transport trucks can cross the lakes on ice roads to bring supplies in. In summer they have to fly everything in which is expensive, so they take advantage of the ice road network. I'll be on the skis this afternoon.
 
Great to see you too Chris. Lovely and sunny again today, no frost again. Thus without frost i have 7 clumps of snowdrops suddenly pop up. I so love that. I also have crocus making an appearance but no flowers yet. The birds aren't requiring so much food either now they can get the beaks in the ground also. It's actually been quite acceptable weather as we head out of January. Hope February is mild with the price hikes.
 
Calm.cold and cloudy,I've noticed spring flowers popping their heads through to greet the world BUT I wish we could at least have a day or two of snow.This is the fifth year that we've only had a thin layer which is gone next day,,,,,,,,but not complaining mind.we're so much better off than many others........
 
Great to see you Carol. I hope you and Les are ok with no long term problems from covid. We have had deaths every day in the eastern states. The only state pretty well death free has been WA because they refused to open the border. I have been lucky so far. I have had two shots of astra and a pfizer booster. Nearly all the deaths have been in the over 50 age group . The PM said he would take care of the aged ,looks like he is living up to his promise. The whole country has just about been washed away in the last couple of weeks except for WA which has been cooked. I expect you have been getting updates from your son. Stay well mate, Ron.
 
We have a stack of storms across the eastern states in the next week or so. It sounds like some of them are going to be quite bad with plenty of wind and flooding rain. Outback Qld has had a heap of rain in the gulf country with more to come. The drought is certainly over for a lot of people and I expect in a couple of months lake Ayre will fill. I had an anniversary last week I reached the end of year 24 of cancer survival. It is a bit sad that are none of my co survivors who went thru chemo with me to celebrate with, they are all gone. Ron.
 
-20C Clear. It was warmer during the night before the passage of the cold front, but I do not mind the cold at all. We need the cold to kill off undesirable insects that chew through our forests. 24 years cancer free is an accomplishment Ron. All I can say is keep it up. Life is a strange trip, taking us on a road full of unexpectations, some good, some not so good. But I'd say 24 years and counting is doing very well.
 
It's -6c here. I've been trying to deer proof the back yard this afternoon (that hasn't had any deer in it for a decade)... I've done my best so we'll see if I have to herd more of them out in the morning. They seem to be getting into the neighbors 6' fenced back yard and hopping our only 4' stretch of fence adjacent. They must be using a snow pile to jump into his yard to get in because the gate appears closed. Congratulations on your milestone, Ron... Good on you mate! My best to everyone. ;^)
 
Diane thought she had trouble with her invaders, I know it's easy for me to say but I think you're so lucky.I would have hay bales on the grocery list every week.....cold (7c) and grey.there have been warnings of bad weather early February though,It's been very sunny for weeks now and it's a bugger for showing the dust up on the furniture,It's no longer law to wear masks now despite thousands still contacting covid and hundreds still dying daily in the UK,We will still do the right thing re,masks distance and sanitizing even though our covis was relatively mild,scarey though.Like flu but really tiring,Keep safe friends,
 
-22C I had a long exhausting day getting supplies and the roads were awful with all the salt they used in the city. They couldn't use more salt even if they tried. Windshield wipers don't work well at -20 and wet spray from the roads covers the windshield. I hate the salt, and wish they would use sand like they used to. I was glad to get beyond the city and back on upon snow packed roads that are firm and dry. I came home and smashed up the snowmobile when the throttle cable got stuck wide open. The machine surged and I had no time but to bail as it crashed into the wood pile ending up on its side. I wanted to use the snowmobile to haul the supplies up to the house but I ended up doing it by hand. Fortunately it apears that only the windshield got broken. It will add to the charactor of that old 28 year old machine that has received its bruises over the years.
 
Cloudless blue sky.9c,but blowing a hooley.Lots of branches down in the park with huge gusts.I should have worn my cycle helmet,,,,,,enjoy your time off Lynda.We haven't seen a GP for at least three years despite hubby having cancer and a heart attack during that time,it's just been phone appointments due to the covid except for hubs prostate tests..But at least we seem to be ok,I hope,I rang my GI on friday as I'm sure I should of had a blood test in Nov/Dec.still awaiting a return call.
 
-20 with a flurry. The snowmobile is okay, I have to order a new windshield for it. It was my fault for not checking the throttle first before starting it, but the day it happened I was in a fog from the long day. My Nephew and his son are going for a long snowmobile ride after his son successfully completed his snowmobile saftey course. Good to hear that you have a break from doctors appointments Lynda. I am glad I had a break from going to the ostomy clinic, when Its cold I don't want to go anywhere too far or too long.
 
It's -12c here with partial cloud cover. I've been watching what's going on in Ottawa today. I sure wouldn't want to be anywhere near that protest... I doubt anything good would come from it. Looks like trouble to me! No more deer stuck in the yard, touch wood... They seem to be staying out in front of the yard now. The problem is they eat everything we own and leave the place covered in poop. Other than that the deer are fine by me. ;^) Cheers all!
 

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