LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: It’s about now, after 4 months of cold and a seemingly endless number of snowfalls that the locals start to moan about what a pain New Jersey’s winter is, and how they are sick of it. Of course, not everyone feels this way. But even the most avid fans of snow and […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: It’s acorn time again. ‘Ouch’ is a common part of my speech at this time of the year (mid-September) as acorns start raining down with regularity, during the early phase of Fall. As I rubbed my forehead this morning, it struck me that this is just one of many repeating seasonal […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: Hurricanes and snowstorms are two weather extremes I would not have expected to experience in the same location. But then again, that’s one of New Jersey’s peculiar little charms. In our four years here so far, our family has experienced two years out of four with a major hurricane/tropical storm. Admittedly […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: With consistently hot and humid weather throughout June, July and August, summer storms in NJ are a pretty frequent event. They can be anything from heavy rainstorms to thunderstorms with wind, rain, thunder and lightning or they can be much more severe. Rain and Thunderstorms Rain and thunderstorms seem to occur regularly in the Garden […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: Coming from Australia, I have always looked forward to winter in New Jersey because the thought of snow was a huge novelty. The famous little jingle, ’let it snow, let it snow, let it snow’ starts to ring in my head as soon as the weather gets really cold in […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: Well after a lot of worrying and a bit of panic, snow storm ‘Nemo’ didn’t hurt New Jersey much at all, compared to Hurricane Sandy. The snow was enough to make my home town look beautiful, at least for a while. Here are some photos from Montclair, New Jersey from last week’s […] Continue reading →