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Here is one of the surviving branches down on Salamanca Lawns this morning.

I reckon that it has rained pretty much non-stop for the past three days. Indeed, talk of the weather has garnered Tasmania a few headlines this morning. We enjoyed a few hours without electricity yesterday, delightfully coinciding with a feverish desire on behalf of two littlies for DVDs that only the most innovative use of Duplo could quench.

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Megan said…
We need rain so badly, but not like that!
Kris McCracken said…
You do kind of get sick of it.
smudgeon said…
It has been particularly persistent this winter. I'm sure summer won't disappoint with it's showing of no clouds & lots of sun.
Kris McCracken said…
Me, my money is on snow on X-mas day!
Roddy said…
Rain I think I could handle. You should see the devastation caused by the excessive wind. The only good thing to come from it is that I will not have to worry about firewood for the next fifteen to twenty years. And this on just one farm.
Kris McCracken said…
No wind OR rain today.
yamini said…
Raindrops on leaves, twigs, branches and trees in camera close-up have always been my weakness.

Thanks for sharing the picture. It looks and feels cold and wet but then that is what rains are, especially in winters.

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