sun worship

What is that pessemistic phrase?....All good things must come to an end. Why should they? Why, I ask you.
Well I am having an early panick attack about the weather. It is mid September and we are still enjoying this wonderful sunshine and warm weather, but I know the cold snap will be on our doorstep soon enough...there is no such thing as an endless summer, although it comes pretty darn close in Australia.
I know I said it somewhere; winter was my favourite season when I lived in Australia. There was a coziness attached to an Aussie winter. The landscape rejuvenated itself to a lovely lush looking green colour; misty mountains could be spied in teh distance and fog hovered in the nearby gullies. The rain was sparodic and accesssorize the spiders webs with a bling of rain drops. You really only needed a regular coat to walk outside, or perhaps just a warm jumper - seldom did we drag out the gloves or scarf. Gee, the kids didn't even own rain coats before we came here - we just waited until the rain stopped before we ventured outside for a stroll. Well, if you did that here, you wouldn't leave your place for a month! I do love the rain - I know I said that only the other day, and I am looking forward to more of it- things are starting to look a little dry around here. But my stomach does knot up a little when I think back to last winter - man it was hard. I didn't know a soul in this town; none of the neighbours came out of their houses for a chat; no one stuck around after pre-school to "get to know"; we had no money; I was unaware of many of the services that I am now clued up on and to top it all off; I had no car to go anywhere, because I was too stupid to pass the bloomin' driving test; so essentially I was stuck inside with two bored little kids. It sucked majorly and I became very, very depressed with the winter blues. I shouldn't really complain- we actually live in the province with the best weather, and in the warmest region of BC; we receive a third the rain of North Vancouer, and very little snow. It is still a complete shock compared to Australia, but I make a point of never criticising the weather to a Canadian, because living where we live - I know it could be a hell of a lot worse...so I am constantly told anyway.