No longer in drought!

We’ve prayed for rain for so many years, and now it is never ending. So would the people who are still praying, please stop!
I’ve never seen it rain so heavily. It’s like tropical downpours. The gutter around the roof can’t hold the deluge and rain is pouring over the sides. Lucky we got our broken roof tile fixed before all the storms. And we’re not in a terrible position like people in Queensland and Victoria who have lost everything. For that I’m thankful.
The rain has brought a multitude of frogs back, which have been missing for years. I was always finding them in the dogs’ water bowl on the patio. I finally had to put a stone in it so they could at least rest if they couldn’t jump out. I like hearing the different pitches of the frogs as they croak outside in the garden. And so many different birds have been around too. Lovely coloured parrots. But the rain also brought locusts again, mosquitoes, moths and crickets. I woke up last night scratching and found so many bites on my arms. I wish mozzies didn’t love me quite as much.
We’ve re-made our plans for our trip overseas which was to include Egypt. Now we’re doing a trip from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls in place of Egypt. Melissa and Evan will meet up with us in South Africa. Should be great and can’t wait for it all to happen.
First Vancouver for a few days, then an Alaska cruise, a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer then hopefully over to Washington DC for a few days to visit all the great museums and such. Then on to South Africa from NYC. I don’t think we’ll have time to do anything in New York. Haven’t exactly finalised everything as I am waiting for some replies from Canada.
We bought a new car yesterday. Not brand new but not too old either and it’s on gas. We got a good trade in for our Nissan which has been such a good, reliable car. However when we got home, I discovered that not only had my husband given the dealer the Nissan keys, he had neglected to take our house keys off before handing the car keys over. So the dealer has my door keys, which he’s keeping until we can pick them up. That’s what happens when I leave things to my husband.
I visited Melbourne last weekend to visit my niece who has moved in to a lovely new house. Also stayed for 2 nights with my SIL Georgina and went to see Betty for a short visit before heading home. I managed to leave home before a big storm hit and fortunately I had a good drive down the freeway, not hitting rain until I was on Melbourne’s outskirts.
I visited my mum’s sister who was looking very frail. I think she’s worse than we know but is keeping it to herself and her daughter. She is eating very little and has no appetite but was still pretty chirpy, considering her age and being ill. I just told my cousin to keep in touch with me and let me know how things are.
I started this entry Saturday night but my computer wasn’t working very well so I couldn’t finish it until tonight (Sunday).

Bye……