Heatwave continues

When I emigrated to Australia years ago, someone said this: in England you have to hibernate when it’s too cold to go out - here it’s the opposite when it’s just too hot to be outside. We are now suffering from an ongoing heatwave:

The daytime temperatures are bad enough, but last night it only dropped to 27 degrees. The only way to get a good nights sleep is to run the aircon very cold. Who knows what my next electricity bill will look like?

As for food, cooking in a hot kitchen or eating hot food does not appeal. I made a delicious salad bowl instead:

The saving grace is our swimming pool: a daily swim before breakfast is lovely.

As I left the pool, I noticed an ibis checking out the communal herb garden:

I have managed to keep the herbs alive by watering every day at about 5.00 pm when the sun has moved to the front of the building and the hot wind has died down.

Another strategy is to spend the afternoon in a cold cinema. I enjoyed  Song Sung Blue last week.