September 2 

Where in a midst of a heatwave. The usual sea breeze hasn’t come in for a few days. The afternoons are usually when the relief of the ocean winds arrive , but not lately.A large high pressure system that has rolled in from Arizona has most of LA pushing 40 degrees and we’re in our 5 th or 6th consecutive day . There’s no wind , there actually never is .It works hand in hand in explaining  the stable weather patterns , they don’t get pushed through , they crawl there course. You don’t get stinging hot days with those bone dry northerlies like you do in Melbourne . Here it’s a heat that grows from the ground , drawing any moisture out of gardens and what little greenery there is , it’s thicker . You don’t burn as quick , it takes more to get sunburnt . Maybe it really is the hole in the ozone over Australia. The afternoons grow , there’s a build in the atmosphere . Large ,  cumulonimbus clouds rise out of the haze . You look inland to a purple curtain rising up from the mountains , spreading its fingers towards the coast . The blue sky becomes white and the coast shimmers silver . Theres bushfires in the ranges throwing smoke into the already suffocating smog and storm build , it’s eerie . The sun sets have been spectacular. A fiery massive pink beauty that you can look straight at , the haze acting as a filter for your eyes . At dusk a large moon sneaks into view , it’s getting fuller . The natives will be getting restless . The hood will be popping off like the Chinese New Year this weekend . It’s a 4 day labour day long weekend ,smack bang in the middle of a record breaking heatwave on a full moon . Yeerha! There’l be more lead getting popped into flesh than duck season . The build is on , it’ll be showtime in emergency this weekend .