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[SANS] Wind, and wind, and wind

In answer to Hermine's question, Wellington is known throughout New Zealand
as "windy Wellington". This is a great slur on my beautiful city, because
the whole of New Zealand is windy. There we sit, at the bottom of the
world, 2000 miles from the nearest landfall. No, our winds do not have a
"name" (eg Sorocco, etc). In Canterbury (in the South Island) the
Nor-westers are said to have dire effects on the populace. In Wellington we
have southerlies, northerlies, nor-westers, but very rarely easterlies. A
look at a map of New Zealand will show that Wellington is on Cook Strait,
at the bottom of the North Island. Winds veer off the mountains and arrive
at out back (or front) door. We live on a ridge, about 600 ft above sea
level (and we look at the sea), and get everything that is going. But there
is an up-side to all this - in Wellington we do NOT have pollution! We have
just had three still days, and cloud, and humidity - so everyone is saying
"we need some wind"! You can't keep people happy.

Our plants are inside, Hermine, so I doubt that the wind would have had
that effect. They are in the window facing east, and get the morning sun. I
suspect the cause of the browing was lack of water (and the need to repot).
We are having our annual Convention (of the Cactus and Succulent Society of
New Zealand) in Wellington next month, and lots of people are coming to see
our collection. So we are repotting, getting rid of cobwebs, sweeping,
cleaning, spraying - and it is all exhausting! I actually thing that every
collection should be visited at least once a year - is motivates the owers
to DO THINGS!

Best wishes to all

Frances Verrity, Wellington, New Zealand
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