The dogs had a ball in the puddles and bounding across the paddocks. We tagged along and enjoyed the green and the promise of more rain. In a week or so sowing will be in full swing. Oats is already out of the ground and the canola and wheat will be in by the end of the month. Here in Canberra architecture and engineering separate us from the soil and the weather and shield us from the reality of our dependence on them. Everywhere we went over the weekend people spoke of rain and the possibilities it opened up for growing crops and livestock. Their livelihoods and lives depend so immediately on it.
