Welcome to winter

Andrew arrived for a visit a little over a week ago, and to begin with, it was reasonably mild weather, fairly typical for the end of autumn in NZ.  Wednesday morning last week however, we woke to a gorgeous if slightly chilly morning.  From the way Andrew was carrying on you would imagine there had been a foot of snow overnight instead of a bit of a frost, but I digress.

Thursday morning dawned bright and clear again, with another frost.  Oh, don't worry Andrew, It won't stay this cold.

Friday morning brought the 3rd frost in three days, and according to the papers, it was -3° in Auckland.  mmmm.  Yes, it really did feel cold that morning, but the kids thought it was fantastic to look outside and see the ice on the containers of water that were sitting in the garden and on the deck.  And even with temperatures like that, Braden still wore shorts to school!  

I did see a lovely looking spider web between 2 fence rails that I thought would be fun to photograph....  but it was so cold...