Dark and stormy nights

So far in September. I think we’ve had some sort of rain all but about three or four days. It never rains that much in September here…at least not in the nineteen years I’ve lived here. I think the weekend might bring a break from the rain. So far the forecast is just for partly cloudy and no mention of moisture. One can hope…

The past few nights we’ve had some particularly fun times with strong winds and some rain mixed in. A tornado hit down someplace around Perth but here we escaped the worst of the wind. Last night we had a severe weather alert and there was indeed severe weather in some areas with trees knocked down and power outages. Tonight there is no alert for us locally but it still sounds pretty loud out there.

Our grass in the backyard has grown so tall it’s over my shoulders in places. We have an electric mower and it just hasn’t dried enough recently to get rid of it. I’m hoping this weekend provides opportunity to clear some of it out but I suspect it’s going to take a long time to get through everything.

Meanwhile there is a strawberry plant growing wild in my herb pot. It’s been a year or two since I had a strawberry plant in there but the leaves definitely match it. I wonder if it will grow into a proper plant in a few weeks. It would be lovely to have some home grown strawberries again.