Frosty the Snowman

A few pictures to update you on the current status of weather here. November has literally been a gloomy and dreary month, with hardly any sunny days - luckily there was still enough autumn colour around to brighten things up but not much rain, apart from a couple of good falls (the rest I call fairy rain).

Frost on car:

We didn't mind so much as there was plenty of work to do inside, as well as the delivery of our container, the boxes of which we are unpacking slowly. But must admit it was great to see the sun today and enjoyed some time outside.

Today we awoke to -3 degrees, which we've had only a few times in Waimauku at the start (1990's). You may not think this is anything exciting, but for us it's part of our adventure. A short walk down the road gives us a view towards Limoux where you can see snow on the hill/mountain, and more snow behind that.

One very interesting thing today is the tree which they call the mulberry (it's really a Murier) - as soon as there was frost on it's leaves they dropped to the ground. It seems likely there will be another frost tonight so I'm guessing by tomorrow there won't be many leaves left on the tree.