Rainy skies..and a tiny bit of color for you

This week it has rained rained rained...I think I have already said that this week a couple of times! For many in southern Queensland, it has meant floods floods floods. One town out west, Charleville, has had their second flood in as many days....but I don't think anyone anywhere will be complaining, as it means the end (we hope) of the decade long drought for many...and the men on the land will probably cheering loudest. With the people of Brisbane (and others) close behind, because it has meant that our dams are now at 85% ...and probably rising! The view above is to the NORTH past Mt Cootha and looking towards the city....
this is to the SOUTH (my favorite view, from my back verandah) and looking towards the mountains...the Great Dividing Range. An anomaly of the recent rains and drought is that Toowoomba, our fair city on the top of the Great Divide up there , has its dams at only TEN PERCENT...despite all the rain! A pipeline has been built from our dams up the range to alleviate their situation ...it has only just been opened in recent months, much to their relief.
to the EAST from my place...I went walking next door to find some color for you....
and EAST again from down the strelitzia patch in my backyard...
to the WEST...from my back verandah again.....the umbrella tree next door flowereth again...
and directly overhead, in the photo below...more rain rain rain....


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