Tag: seasons

5 weeks on

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5 (and a bit) weeks on from this day:

When numerous local records were broken for heat all over the Western Cape. And we find ourselves in Cape Town probably with temperatures pretty much as low as they’re going to get during the day this year.

100mm rain over the last three days – that was only up to 8am this morning, which is when the local figures are collated – and there has been PLENTY more today. (I can still hear it battering down now.)

The wind at Simonstown apparently gusted up to 104kph this afternoon: just short of hurricane strength. It’s been a bit of a wild day, and I’m almost glad that I chose gym over a run.

I know that the seasons change, and that the weather changes with them, but you generally do expect the highs and lows to be six months apart, not six weeks.

Thankfully, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (25oC) are looking actually rather nice, which is great for football, washing, and biology field trips: all of which will be happening on those days.

And we really shouldn’t complain. We need the rain.

I’ll pop a quick post up tomorrow with some updated dam level and rainfall info, for anyone interested. And then a post about invasive plants or something slightly less mundane than the weather.

T&Cs apply.

Future Islands at Coachella

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I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was chasing the new Future Islands album. I caught it just before we left for Namibia, but there wasn’t much time to give it a good listen on the Orange River. And when I did get around to it, it was actually rather disappointing. The new Elbow album wasn’t like that – it was instantly captivating. But sometimes you need to hear things a couple of times before they grab you.

Patience, grasshopper.

Now I’ve heard it a bit more, I’m there. Right with it. Singing along, loving it. And then there was this:

Sam Herring emulating his infamous Letterman appearance – at least in part – live on stage in California last weekend. For the record, the latest single, Ran, is also available on the Coachella channel. There’s some good Radiohead too, but that’s not what this post is about.
UPDATE: This channel has since disappeared. Weird. 

As for the album, from a slow start, it’s become a very real contender for the coveted 6000 miles… Album of the Year award. I’m really intrigued to see what gets released from it too. I have my favourites (spoiler: they’re Ancient Waters and Cave), but let’s wait and see if the band/record label agrees.