Rain

It's November and the water reserves in melbourne are at 34%.  We are on stage 3a water restrictions.  No washing your car, watering the garden, (if you need to) on Wednesday morning and one other morning, (is it Saturday?)  No using water for recreational purposes.  No sprinklers, no refilling the pool with the hose.  No new pools without using recycled water.  

Water can be used for hygiene.   But don't take long showers and don't leave it running while you brush your teeth.  34%.  They measure rain in millimeters here.  5mm is a good shower.  There are 10mm in a centimeter and 2.5 cm in an inch.  We have had the lowest spring rainfall on record.  When it does rain, there is a short period of humidity and damp, but once the sun comes out it is dry again.  Parch dry.  It's different in the winter, but that's mostly the cold.  

The rain runs off roofs, into the street.  It keeps my poor neglected garden alive.  Some people have water tanks.  Some people have rose gardens.  I have a bed of succulents that can survive long periods of dry.  I wish the skies would open up and fill the reservoirs and then people would stop arguing about the water.

Oh, how I miss the rain.