It won't be long

It's raining as I write, and thunder rumbles around the hills. The dog is hiding under the bed. But it's not cold, a mild 10C tonight. Here in south Eastern Australia, the days are getting warmer and longer. Spring is on the way.
Wattles are flowering -
and the bees are busy among the Satsuma plum blossom.
All too soon it will be summer, lately known as Fire Season. We will undoubtedly have days of searing heat and relentless northerly winds, like those of last February, which culminated in the dreadful bushfires of Black Saturday, when 173 people were killed.
A Royal Commission is in progress, to investigate the causes of these fires and make recommendations to increase our safety in future fires. The State Government has compiled a list of towns considered 'vulnerable'. Our town is on the list.