Lima is currently passing through the coldest winter in my lifetime.  Now compared to England, the daytime temperatures for winter are good (11-16’C/51-60’F), but we have no heating in our houses here, the sun never shines and it is damp and windy! So, since May I have been in at least quadruple layers on top and bottom and we had to buy extra blankets for many of the beds. On the upside, the rain has been more frequent - which in a desert, the plants are loving and so am I as I haven’t had to water the garden! 

But the strangest thing for me has been our peach tree.  I planted it in the first year of being here and it did nothing for two years.  At least, nothing visible...