{"id":397,"date":"2014-01-26T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/01\/january-jottings.html\/"},"modified":"2014-01-26T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T12:09:00","slug":"january-jottings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2014\/01\/26\/january-jottings\/","title":{"rendered":"January Jottings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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January is my favourite month in Melbourne. <\/span><\/div>\n
It’s summer and <\/span><\/div>\n
We are on holiday,<\/span><\/div>\n
The city is quiet, like Paris in August.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
I have not quite got used to the seasons being upside down, <\/span><\/div>\n
I still struggle with a warm Christmas. <\/span><\/div>\n
Having been born and brought up in chilly Britain, <\/span><\/div>\n
Christmas feels weird here.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
However when January comes, I’m fully Aussie. <\/span><\/div>\n
No post festive season blues here.<\/span><\/div>\n
Santa might be crying all the way to the check-out,<\/span><\/div>\n
but I’m smiling and life’s good.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

In early January a water lily flowered in our garden<\/span><\/div>\n
It’s cheerful petals unfolding into the sunshine<\/span><\/div>\n
It appeared out of nowhere<\/span><\/div>\n
Beautiful, delicate, exotic, perfectly formed <\/span><\/div>\n
and in my pond!!<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
I take it’s flowering as symbol of new life<\/span><\/div>\n
and wonder what 2014 will hold for us?<\/span><\/div>\n
It will be a year of big change for our family<\/span><\/div>\n
Daughter No 1 is off to volunteer in Africa<\/span><\/div>\n
Daughter No 2 moves to New York<\/span><\/div>\n
It’s my sons final year of school<\/span><\/div>\n
New jobs are on the horizon<\/span><\/div>\n
And me?<\/span><\/div>\n
Well I’m off to Bali on a yoga retreat in May to cope!<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
The lotus flower appearing in our pond<\/span><\/div>\n
Very Zen, I feel,<\/span><\/div>\n
In Asia the flowering of the lotus symbolises absolute real truth and purity.<\/span><\/div>\n
I wonder whether this flower is a sign, <\/span><\/div>\n
Are we off to Asia?<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

January is all about sport for us, <\/span><\/div>\n
we are of course living in the self proclaimed sporting capital of Australia.<\/span><\/div>\n
There is much to choose from whether it is cricket, soccer or tennis.<\/span><\/div>\n
We don’t flee the city in January in search of beaches like many<\/span><\/div>\n
We stay for the Tennis.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
We put everything on hold, and don’t plan for much.<\/span><\/div>\n
Our city fills with visitors.<\/span><\/div>\n
Melbourne is looking good.<\/span><\/div>\n
We spend our days watching tennis,<\/span><\/div>\n
 either at the site, <\/span>or more likely <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
watching the on court action<\/span><\/div>\n
glued to the television<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Last night we watched wonderful Wawrinka <\/span><\/div>\n
beat the defending Champion Novak Djokovich. <\/span><\/div>\n
It was a wow wow wee match.<\/span><\/div>\n
Stan’s the Man.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Happily it was cool last night (only 18 degrees C)<\/span><\/div>\n
Last week our temperatures soared into the 40’s (over 100 in <\/span>Fahrenheit)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
We had four days of extreme heat, <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
it barely dropped at night.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Melbourne was on a knife edge <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
our electricity infrastructure was barely able to cope with the peak demand.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Luckily we weren’t one of the houses affected by power cuts<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
By last Thursday there were over seventy bush fires<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
 burning out of control across the State.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Jan 2014 was going to be one of those years <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
that people talked about for years…<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
At the tennis, play continued.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Players braved horrendous conditions on court.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
In ten years of watching the Aussie Open, <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
I have never seen Melbourne Park so empty on occasions.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Players needed to be adjusted to the severe Aussie climate and<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
have an even greater than usual steely determination to win.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
For me it is no surprise that new players have emerged <\/span><\/div>\n
and other old names have fallen by the wayside.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The crazy poodle in sunnies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
The Crazy Poodle is not best pleased with January, <\/span><\/div>\n
despite his summer clip, he is hot and bothered. <\/span><\/div>\n
His normal routine of walks disrupted. <\/span><\/div>\n
Last week we had to leave him outside <\/span><\/div>\n
Yes, you’ve guessed it we went to the tennis!<\/span><\/div>\n
We lined the floor of his kennel with ice blocks to keep him cool.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
This weekend is our Australian Day celebration.<\/span><\/div>\n
It will be a fun day<\/span><\/div>\n
We have  citizenship ceremony to attend<\/span><\/div>\n
Can’t wait…<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Except that after Australia day, <\/span><\/div>\n
School goes back and then we’re into February<\/span><\/div>\n
It gets really, really hot in February<\/span><\/div>\n
 January is better<\/span>!<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n
  J is for January Jottings<\/span><\/div>\n
Thank you for Jenny Matlock for hosting<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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