The collected works of ScottyB

I really can’t stress how fantastic it is to wake up to a cold, rainy - some would say dreary and dismal - morning.

Those who disagree aren’t seeing the bigger picture. You endure a Summer, usually lasting for many months. Some days its hot. Other days its hot and humid. Some days its overcast and extremely humid. Most nights are uncomfortable. Some nights are almost unbearable. There are bush fires.

Sure, living in Australia, you do get used to it. Well - you expect it anyway. I don’t think you ever really enjoy sleeping in a pool of sweat or feeling an utter lack of energy on a boiling hot day. Or walking through the hazy, smoke-filled streets. Its an integral part of the Country I love so much and its just part of the climate, part of the feel.

The flip side is, it makes those cold, rainy days that much more satisfying.

I woke up, earlier than usual. And immediately I had to pull the blanket up. It had been months since I remember having to do this. Going to bed with only a sheet over me and waking up requiring the full warming-power of my big thick blanket. For an hour, the lazy bug set in and I just lay in bed, cozy and warm - the sound of the rain beating down on the roof just outside, the wind lashing against the eave-sheets and a distant rumble of thunder. So comforting and soooooo so pleasant.

It took a great deal of energy to pry myself out of bed. To stick my toe from beneath those warm confines into the cooler air outside and to take that first step towards the wardrobe to grab something warmer to put on than my boxers!

I really do hope this is the final setting in of Autumn/Winter.

More of those sort of mornings make ScottyB a happy boy