#winter comforts

Its officially Autumn / Fall in Australia, however the current temperate at almost 4pm In Victoria is an ageverage 34 degrees celcius. Thats 93.2 Fahrenheit.

While its not obnoxiously hot and uncomfortable, I just need to have a little whinge that I'm 1000% over summer and have been longing for some autumn and winter weather since... well since summer began 😁

You see the thing about the weather in Victoria and let's be honest, most of Australia is that its god-forskaken unbearably, ridiculous hot for most of the year.

To me it feels like the ridiculous heat starts usually somewhere around mid October and doesn't end until late March - April, with the odd splattering of more moderate days, im talking 20-25 degrees, and the occasional rainy day. But an average summer day is anywhere between 32 and 48 degrees.

Seriously last week it went from a morning low of like 11 degrees to a high of 38. Wtf? A few weeks earlier it went from a low of 19 to a high of 46. Its insane.

This summer like every summer I have lived in this weird little corner of the world there have been days or what have felt like weeks where the temp soared into the high 40's and didnt drop below 30 overnight for days, making life VERY uncomfortable.

Take the last 3 weeks and the next 10 days average temperature 28-32. 😴😭 not unbearable, but continuously hot.

It just feels like living in a sauna for months and months with no ending. (melodramatic I know, but this is my whinge-fest) 😉

Bring on Winter!

Rain, cool breezes, autumn leaves, coziying up on the couch with a hot drink, a blanket and a good book or netflix and the cat curled up beside me, comfort food - hearty soups and stews, my favourite knitted jumper.

Don't get me wrong, a bit of sunshine is lovely, a nice walk on the beach or even a swim, picnics and BBQ's, etc. but seriously wtf was the universe thinking when it decided that places like Australia would have such ridiculously hot summers, because let's be honest, its fkng crazy making and winter doesnt really get that cold here.

Unless you live close to the mountains or somewhere desert like in the middle of nowhere, even Winters feel rather moderate. .we get like maybe a total of 2 or 3 weeks, where it really feels cold. But Melbourne isn't really cold. Imo.

I feel I must qualify my whinge-fest by clarify that im not a native of Melbourne or Victoria.

I grew up in the South Island of New Zealand where summers for the most part were moderate and beautiful and enjoyable and Winter was fucking cold. Not Canada or Minnesota or Iceland cold, but cold. Its close to the Antarctic, so the icy southerly wind could rattle your bones, the snow in the cities and on the Southern Alps is a beautiful sight and snowflakes falling and blanketing the streets in white is a magical thing to watch.

I've lived in Australia a long time and have still not been able to acclimatise to the insanely ridiculous, unbearable hot and unable to function and imo fucking horrible summer heat.

So bring on Winter!

Is there anything better than time taken away from expectations? To enjoy living simply , to revel in the pleasure of sampling life’s gastronomic palate, to relax with a smoothe and rest inducing mellow whisky after.