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Photo taken in Auckland City - November 2024

I think every person in New Zealand is looking forward to Summer. Last year over Spring it rained just about every day. This year we've had big dumps of rain at least once a week. Roll on warmer weather.

Halloween has come and gone here, we usually don't have trick or treaters as we live just out of town so it was a very quiet night.

Linking up with Weekend Reflections, Shadow Shot Sunday and The Weekend Roundup.

Comments

local alien said…
At the moment we need rain but you've had enough! Let's all have some sunshine
Here on the other side of the world, we're having a wet autumn. In October, we had double the normal amount of rain. I hope we'll have a nice, cold winter.
Sharon said…
It will be so nice when the sun comes out again.
Lydia C. Lee said…
It's been so rough for you guys the last few days - hopefully the worst is over. That woman being blown into the street was horrifying.
Lydia C. Lee said…
#WeekendReflection
Marie Smith said…
I hope you continue to have some rain throughout the summer. It was much to dry here last summer,
James said…
Let's trade. :) It still feels like summer here. I'm hoping for cooler weather and some rain.
magiceye said…
Lovely street photo.
Here in Mumbai too we've been having unseasonal rains messing up various crops.
Revrunner said…
Ah, warmer weather. It'll be a while here. :-)
Tom said…
...rain makes everything green.
s.c said…
And here it is warmer then normal but a pity with a lot of rain.
Jim said…
Really good rain picture, Marj.
My answers to have I been to New Zealand is Yes, we came in 1913 on a cruise down the east coast. I enjoyed Christchurch the most. My grandmother was a Fletcher as was your Fletcher construction company that was revamping the hospital damage after the big storm. We also visited the U.S
Antarctica prep facility.

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