Winter quietness

I have been too busy working to do much blogging lately. Mid-winter solstice means the days are just a little longer though this is now the coldest part of the year.
My backyard and vegie garden are sodden due to the recent rains, that keep coming and coming. However the lime tree is producing a great crop, the tangelos are ripening and I have 4 grapefruits on my little tree. We have been harvesting silver beet, broccoli and peas from the vegie garden. So lots of green soups which are good for the waistline and vitamin input!
But on the radio we hear of wildfires in the USA and storms in Russia.
London of course has the same problem as Melbourne so my Olympic display features an umbrella, which may become the icon of the coming games!
The media is a little quiet on the carbon tax front, occasional digs and mentions of businesses going under due to the "Carbon tax".The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has a Carbon Tax hotline and a number of complaints have been lodged, some scalps claimed (Brumby's Bakery amongst them).
So let the games begin!
PS Melbourne by-election : Greens vs Labor! Very interesting. Labor loss coming up perhaps??