November 10 

4.52 and the sun has just set.The weather has shifted , almost at the turn of a switch .Day light savings ended last Saturday and the temperature has dropped at least 10 degrees(Fahrenheit), it’s still shorts and t shirts but it cools quickly late in the day .A stillness creeps in at about 4 pm , unless you are moving ,a chill attaches itself to the back of your arms . We are still 50 days away from the shortest day of the year . It’s going to be weird to see the days turn to night by 430 , it’s a phenomenon I didn’t anticipate . It is fall ( autumn) and it does have that April type of Melbourne light to it in the afternoons . The sunsets are beautiful .You see it sink into the Pacific Ocean and you picture it  rolling over Hawaii and Fiji , wishing you are on the beach with a piña colada . Ahh , but you’ve already forgotten how sick of  the heat you were . The weather is close to perfect , days in the mid 20s with cool nights and mornings . Still, even here you look ahead and think of winter as a time to hybernate . I’m worried , I might need to wear pants for a couple of weeks . Shit , I ‘l need a holliday in the sun . Australia here we come , 6 weeks time .