Cold, Wet and Windy

I know it is winter, but to me it’s the worst one in living memory here in Perth. The early mornings have been incredibly cold and the days full of downpours of heavy rain. It’s been hard to find a space between the showers to take my usual walk down to the river. I can’t believe how much rain has fallen and the pools on the old golf course in front of me never seem to drain away:

I’ve been watching a series on TV entitled Families Like Ours. All this water reminds me of it. The story is based on the premise that rising sea levels have caused the evacuation of the entire country of Denmark. The Danes have become unwanted refugees as borders are closed against them. It’s really quite scary. I can’t watch it late at night. What if the Swan River were to rise, flood the area around here and leave our apartment blocks marooned? 

Back to reality, and the beautiful coral trees are all in flower:

These trees are environmental weeds in the Eastern States, but not here in W.A.