Springtime Contradictions

The weather in Melbourne is tempermental at the best of times, but it seems to be even more unpredictable in Spring. For example, last week, a massive storm rolled over Melbourne on Tuesday night, after a few days of sun and temperatures over 18 degrees.

 It was quite exciting.... there was thunder, lightning and an unexpected dump of several inches of hail.  

We lost new leaves and flowers off our Magnolia tree out front, and paint was chipped off our fence as hailstones tore through stuff.

Our front yard mid storm. 

The view of the road from our upstairs window. Hail and Rain!

And then, on Sunday... we had a glorious sunny day of 20 degrees. Grass grew, flowers bloomed and it was a definite blessing to be out and about. Here's a tulip in our garden.