The Summer Wind
My-oh-my summer has come a gang busters here in Melbourne. Phew-ey. Even on the days they forecast as being overcast and showers have been TER-RIF-IC!!! And I love it.
Growing up in Queensland, I was raised to think that a tan was normal so the last few years where I have been careful of my skin, SPF 45's and moisturized like there was no tomorrow have been good for my skin, but have felt weird. So this year I am kicking it to one side (a little). My friend Joe says I am tan-orexic, but its nice to be brown again.
The weather has been great and in the seven years since I moved to Melbourne (yes folks, 7 years) I have really seen a change in the weather patterns. Its warmer and dryer here, the summers are more consistent and a little hotter. The days of four-seasons-before-lunch are fewer and further apart and Melbourne's reputation for shitty weather is rapidly fading into (just) sour grapes from the northerners.
There is something about Australia. The sky is bluer, the sun is warmer and the people move at a gentler pace, not so much slower, but taking the time to enjoy the beauty of the summer around them. There is much to enjoy here. So the dwindling weeks of my freedom from serious employ are being well spent reclining in the sunshine.
