My most favourite weather? That’s a no-brainer. Summer. In Sydney.
Hand on heart, here’s something to love about every aspect of a Sydney summer.
That cool change at the end of a sweltering day. A little reward for surviving the oppressive heat of the day with good grace. If it’s been a humid hot kind of day, there’s always a cooling but drenching rain to cool things down. If it’s been drier, we’re always obliged with a good breeze – best felt on the water’s edge with like-minded summer lovers.
Sand and water between your toes are good any time of the day.
Ditto playing on the beach.
Or on that bit of the beach that’s practically in the water.
Don’t get me started on summer mornings. Best experienced on the tail end of a run. Sorry about all these running references. I’ve fallen in love with outdoor running again and my passion for it is currently at the ‘born again’ level.
Those picture perfect, stereotypical ones.
Those cloudy ones that promise a dumping of rain the moment you get in the front door from your run (if you’re lucky). Those clouds add mystery to the skyline and a bit of moisture to that dawn air that’s all the better for running in.
I just love summer mornings.
I’ve yet to meet a summer morning that I haven’t loved. It’s that promise of an early sunrise and a long, light-filled day to follow. Those hours of daylight make me feel that much more productive and efficient regardless of what actually gets done that day.
But to have just one favourite season in this fabulous city is like being a mother to four children and only loving one. It’s impossible. I love this city and I love it through all its four seasons.
The crunchy leaves of autumn and those golden days we get before winter sets in.
Our relatively mild winters that feature just enough ‘chilly’ days to make the wearing of floor length wool coats appropriate but not too many of those days to make winter dressing a drudgery.
We’re also close enough to Canberra to make it possible to drive over and experience their relatively brutal wintery days.
And then there’s the snow fields.
I don’t even mind the rains of autumn and winter that much.
Clomping around in gumboots and slowing down a bit on account of the weather isn’t always a bad thing.
The spring rolls around except it’s technically spring-summer because you find yourself with these glimpses of summer in from around October.
Beautiful blooms line the grocery stores
and they festoon favourite cafes.
There’s a general sense of anticipation in the air of springtime in Sydney because summer proper is just around the corner.
And we all know how perfect summers in Sydney are….
Do you have a favourite season or kind of weather? Do you find the joy in all seasons?