Rain?

Lovely fruit in the cold weather

The fires have mostly been extinguished despite the dry strong winds. There was fear that it might re-ignite the fires but nothing happened. There were smaller fires in isolated pockets but they were taken care off by local fire-fighters. Countries that have sent aid through specialised equipment have now pulled out of the country as well. Seems like mission accomplished. Hopefully Wednesday will see rain for 2 days and this should cool the soil and allow new growth of plants and animal life. The weather has warmed up a little but according to the forecast, when it starts to rain the temp will fall again ... back to 4 degrees. Fortunately the forest fires have not destroyed agricultural land ... so prices of fruit and veggies are still under control.

Almost every other person I meet is sick. Cold, flu, sinuses ... all associated with the weather. My problem is the sciatica and hamstring. It still hurts. Yesterday on my way home from work, I ran into one of our nurses of our infirmary. He asked how I was and I told him of the recent week's sickness and confusion ... he said it's the blood pressure and I should get it checked in the infirmary this morning. I did plan to go but couldn't as the morning was filled with work. I'll have to wait till Wednesday I think. The doc doesn't work there daily but only 3 hours for 3 days a week.

There is lots of work to do still ... so I've got to get back to it ....