Not too long ago, friend and fellow blogger Jamie asked me what fall was like in Australia. It?s winter now, but I thought it would still be fun to inform the Yanks back home how the seasons seem to work here in South Australia. For starters, they have fountains all year long. Yay. The leaves on the trees do change colors, but not in the autumn like they do in the States. Winter seems to be the only time temperatures drop enough to change the colors on the leaves. Some stay green and lush all year round.
Others change from green to orange and fall to the ground.
After growing up in Chicago, I can honestly say that winter in South Australia is a contradiction at all times. Some trees change, some don?t. It gets cold–it was 5 degrees Celsius on my walk to work this morning, which equals roughly 40 degrees F?but there are times when it is nearly 20 C (68 F) which makes me laugh?in Chicago, the only time my ass was warm in the winter was when I fell asleep on a space heater. It rains a ton. I see this a lot.
Which is a mixed blessing, because it makes it no fun to go outside, but there is draught, so it?s a good thing. Also, knowing that no matter how cold it gets there will be no snow is quite comforting. Chicago I usually wait with trepidation for the first avalanche of the season. And when the rain goes, some of the brightest rainbows I have ever seen appear! Oh and on a random romp through campus, I saw a tree full of these tropical birds.
How cool is that? A whole tree of rainbow birds and I?m not even in Disneyland! Just a little taste of what home looks like to me in winter! ~LTG
