The end of summer

Daylight saving ended today inNew Zealand. We went to bed at the normal time, but when we woke up it was an hour later than we felt it ought to be. The clock next to our bed said the "normal" time but the cell phones had changed themselves to an hour later .

Strangely, it has suddenly got cold.  Yesterday it rained and was freezing and in the afternoon there was a sudden cold shower - they had forecast hail, but that was it - slushy rain. We slept with duvets last night for the first time and Mo, Nic and Ray's cat, was in her element - she snuggled up in bed with us and then when we got up to play with Emily, she snuggled up in Nic's bed.  The sun shone today but there was an icy wind, and when we walked around the Mount, it was quite chilly - until the exertion kicked in!

Em had freezing little feet and we had to put socks and slippers on her and went and bought her some sneakers to wear to Daycare in the mornings.

From Facebook I see that the first snow has fallen on the Berg, and talking to Kevin, we see him bundled up and chilly.  So the socks we collected for Maundy Thursday will benefit someone from Springs of Hope this winter.  Rod says there are about 10 dozen pairs, so there will be some warm feet in Sobantu.

So summer is over and we wonder what climate change will bring us this winter.