hello and how lovely to be back online, with all this flooding we were lucky that our house stayed dry and the worst we had to contend with was that we lost power for a couple of days and the internet was unavailable for over a week. It has been a very tense and trying two weeks and my heart goes out to those who lost loved ones and those who are now homeless.
My partner and I have been doing some volunteer work, they called the volunteers the 'mud army' and we certainly were, over 12,000 of us. I have lived in Queensland for 5years now and was overwhelmed by the generosity and warmth of the people I met in the last few weeks. The positive and hopeful attitude of so many people in the face of extreme adversity has been amazing and made me feel so proud to be living in this wonderful country where the true Aussie spirit and grit have been so evident.
It is both frightening and incredible to live in a climate where a severe lightning storm seems to appear out of nowhere when only 20 minutes before it was 30 degrees C and sunny. One day there was over 21,000 lightning strikes, 120km winds and hailstones the size of golf balls. The awesome wonder and power of nature really is on display, I wonder if it is to remind mankind that he isn't as in control of this planet as he wants to believe.
Being stuck indoors has given me more time to work on my book as well as my website (although not live till this week) so please do check out my new recipes, book reviews and a few other bits and pieces I hope you will like; http://www.reallifebalance.com/
Lily
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