How do you feel about winter? I still remember a coworker’s comment when we were working in Ithaca, NY:
Every year I dread winter more and more.
As I recall, winter was about six months long there, and the sun came out about once a month during that time. We lived on the edge of the Cornell campus, and we walked the half mile to where we worked. It wasn’t unusual for the low temperature to get down to about -10°F to -20°F in February, so we bundled up before we went out. At the time I thought it was adventuresome, but that was almost 50 years ago, and I’m glad I don’t have to do it now! No, I do love the winters here and will never take them for granted.
How do you feel about winter?
January 30, 2016
I hate winter – the cold, the dark, the snow and ice. I yearn for summer, or what’s left of it. Summer in Northern Ireland now lasts about two days, in between a late spring and an early autumn.
I wish I’d been born in Australia. I would have loved the weather.
I’m not surprised about winter, but I am surprised you don’t get more summer. Is that because of all the clouds and rain? We took a short visit to Ireland once and were impressed with how green it was. It was well-watered, unlike the American Southwest.
as i sit writing this the big window is open.
it got up to 76 yesterday. good grief… 4 degrees away from 80…
a SUMMER temperature!
if it keeps this up the trees and plants will bud and then get wiped out in the usual ice storms we have in february and march.
it’s the summers here that i dread. i literally can only go out a couple of hours in the morning.
i suppose any vast extremes are not nice. ours here is a harsh climate for man and beasties. tornadoes in spring. extreme heat in summer. no autumn. and dry or ice in winter. unless it’s warm like the last week. 🙂
but boy… when the nice days do come… ARE THEY EVER NICE!!!
I wish you had more good days!
We lived in Alaska for 10 years, in Wisconsin before that, so like you, I’ve done my “hard time” in winter. Like you, I am also glad it was when I was younger!! But while I do love snow-days, I do love my warmer temps a little bit more! …Okay, a lot! 🙂
For me it’s not about the temperature as much as the sunshine. But I’m with you about experiencing the bad winters while I was young enough to think it was an adventure. 🙂
I want to live somewhere that the balance is just right…not too much of any weather, but enough to think it’s helping the land, our water supply and such like things.
It’s been hot-as here…but one afternoon/evening last week a mighty thunderstorm dropped in and wherever they measure rain drops 46mm fell the highest for weeks….
since then negligible – a few drops…and then the sun comes out again. some breeze but not enough for me to feel at all cold!
I don’t envy you your heat. I’d rather have winter.
I can take winter and even enjoy bringing out and wearing all my warm clothes. What I don’t like are the times during winter when the temperatures swing widely. Those swings cause allergic reactions and that bugs me.
It sounds as if your temperatures don’t get that low, so it’s a nice change.
What I don’t like about winter is:
The shoveling.
The driving in it.
The fear of getting stuck.
The fear of having an accident happen because so many people don’t know how to drive in it.
The worry about my family being out in it.
Now, if I didn’t have to go out in it or care for animals in it or pay the heat bill because of it…I’d be ok with it.
I’m not sure though, but I think Summer might be worse.
Not the perfect first week of June Summer.
God, I LOVE that weather.
I mean the fry an egg on the sidewalk, drip in sweat when you move, type of Summer.
Yeah, if I could just have 65 to 75 degrees all the time, I’d be in Heaven.
Yes, winter is a lot more enjoyable if one doesn’t have to go out that much. My ideal temperature range would be more like 40F to 70F.