Naomi25

Yes, well I think VIC, NSW and TAS are more temperate, right?

NSW is big enough that it has a bit of everything, depends on where you are. Vic is probably temperate, yes. Tassie…it gets pretty cold down there. Summers can be pleasant, but my brother was down there one summer and people had their fire-places burning…so sometimes they’re cold too!

Cold...as in the Roaring Forties, too... :)

Hi farouk, hope you all had a blessed Christmas. It was fairly busy for us too, but wonderful, catching up with family we haven’t seen for some time. So, yes, we’re resting up too!

Hi @Naomi25 New avatar photo there! :)

I do like the promise in Genesis 8.22: "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

Well...me too...but some people experience summer and winter in such a more....mild sense! Something to look forward to in the new heavens and earth! At the very least there I hope I won't feel the heat as much!

Oh yes, what we see now is only a pale prefigurement of what's to come...

Not having lived anywhere else, I'm probably jaded by it. I most certainly do have my favorite times/seasons here when, yes, it absolutely can be fabulous!

@Naomi25 Ppl do get accustomed to where they live; I must say that to me what I read read and seen pictures of from Australia makes it seem truly remarkable and unique in many ways.

It is a good place to live, I am very grateful to have grown up here and to have been able to raise my kids here.

So, were you referring to Sydney dementia or Canberra dementia? :)

Sydney dementia! They seem incapable...no, worse...they recoil in horror, at the thought of living outside of Sydney! they wonder at the sanity and intelligence of those who live outside Sydney! For them, life doesn't exist outside Sydney! It's actually a little bit like Flat-earthers...its an unreasonable notion that Sydney is the only place that can be lived in.

@naomi 25 Well, the Harbour, with the bridge and the opera house does look impressive, I suppose..... :)

@Naomi25 I guess I sometimes have too much to say. (Sometimes this can happen in conversational Bible studies also....)

I dunno about that...I think you're usually pretty good at saying just the right amount :)

Well, it's always wise to try to choose one's words carefully...

The real problem with scripture....too much to like!

The word 'problem' there doesn't really fit, either... :) I guess, 'privilege'...... ?

Scripture is so rich and deep....

You yourself, sister! Hope 2020 gets off to a great start for you, and we get to talk to you again soon!
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No...no snow here. I won't say there's no snow in Australia, because the Country is so big we can get all extremes. But currently our state is dry. Thankfully not so hot where I am, but up further the whole state is on fire...bit scary for all those poor people. The drought has been severe and everything is like a tinder box... Snow would be nice...I don't really like summer :)

Some of the guys from Australia have been reporting snow! Stay safe, anyway; blessings... :)

Man, they must be in the mountains...or maybe in Tassie! Good luck to them anyway! Yeah...I'm in a pretty safe area, thanks! Hope you're well Farouk!

No! I'm not that talented! I do other stuff, but this sort of abstract is not something I've ever managed to conquer!

An intriguing combination of colours, anyway...

A bit like - dare I say it? - tattooing... :)

Yep, had myself a nice holiday, thanks! It's good to be back though :)

Brisbane is nice, although its a fair distance from where I live! I'm in Southern NSW...about 18 hours away.

Australia is indeed huge...

Thanks!