Fluff is in the air

Various parts of the campus are covered in fluff today, with more fluff floating serenely through the air. And the producers of said fluff: trees.  Or at least some of them. Anyway, it looks a bit like snow, but is actually pollen (I think).  It is said that when the fluff comes then its the beginning of exam season, which it is.  Glad I'm not an undergraduate!!

It definitely feels like Spring now, its getting pretty warm, the trees and looking green, there are ducklings and goslings about complete with proud parents.  And since we've had so much rain so far this year, ending the 10-year drought, the reservoirs are filling, back to near 90% and there's even the potential for water restrictions to be lifted.  As a result Canberra and the surrounding bush is looking pretty green right now.  There's even the smell of cut grass. All the municipal grass seems to have been cut in the last couple of days, and given quite how much municipal grass there is in Canberra, thats quite an achievement! All in all its rather pleasant here at the moment.