“Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.”
Okay, I’ve had enough. Snow is coming tomorrow, the sort you have to shovel, while from Sunday through Wednesday snow showers are predicted. I thought that strange. I always think rain when I hear showers. I wonder what happened to snow flurries? Anyway, it’s cold and it’s going to get colder. The high on Sunday will be 18° and on Monday 17°. The low on Sunday will be 4°. That is not a typo.
It amazes me that when I was a little kid I walked to and from school in all sorts of weather. Single digit temperatures just meant bundling more. Sometimes we’d even walk backwards because the wind was so cold it numbed our faces. Getting to school was a relief.
As a kid, I loved sleeping in a cold house. I’d snuggle under all the blankets to stay warm. The problem was my nose. It was always cold. Sleeping with it under the blankets just didn’t work. I felt smothered. I’d rub it with my hand to try and get it warm, but that never lasted too long. It was my destiny to have a cold nose every winter night.
Even now I love sleeping in a cold house, but the problem is still my nose. It’s always cold. Gracie’s ears meet the same fate as my nose. They are always cold. I guess I should be glad to have company in my misery.
When I was in Ghana, I wanted winter and snow, and I wanted to be cold. It was hot every day, stifling sometimes. I’d shower at night, a cold shower as I had no hot water, and not dry off. After my shower, I’d run to the house, jump into bed and let the air cool me so I could fall asleep.
I figure we all want to be somewhere else when it’s too hot or too cold. I also figure the weather gives us something to gripe and complain about. Stand in line at the grocery store and listen to the conversations. Most times people are talking about the weather. Today, with snow predicted tomorrow, the grocery stores will be filled and the bread and milk will disappear.
The cold weather lets us recognize that there are some things we all have in common. That, I suspect, is its greatest attribute.
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January 20, 2011 at 12:40 pm
So it´s Your turn to have all the snow now. They don´t predict any more here the coming ten days anyway. The temperatures will stay just beneath 32F too, but it´s always a bit colder here where I live.
So You have the same problem with a cold nose 🙂 🙂 🙂 I´ve always thought I was the only one 🙂 But I prefer to fall asleep in a warm room and to wake up in a cold one. My dogs always wants it cold so they never like it in the evening 🙂
I might have a new dog moving in soon, we´ll meet her this weekend for the first time. Cross Your fingers that all dogs fall in love with each other 🙂
Have a great day now!
Christer.
January 20, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Christer,
I don’t think we’ll get too much here near the ocean.Inland will get far more snow.I’m hoping I can just brush it away.
I like to sleep in a cold room, and I snuggle under the covers. When I wake up, the house is warm as I have set the thermostat. I hate cold mornings.
I saw her pictures. She’s lovely. I hope all will go well.
January 20, 2011 at 1:05 pm
From a midwest perspective (that would be Detroit, home of America’s Team, The Lions), I dont even think about it until the beginning of March.
Loading up with distractions, KTCC, new music, a night at the movies, the EPL, the playoffs etc, I can get deep in to February before the panic sets in. A trip planning session helps a ton.
So it was cold yesterday, might snow tonight, check out the babe second from the left in today’s photo, could have ice rain for the commute tomorrow, you get the general picture.
January 20, 2011 at 10:05 pm
My Dear Hedley,
The summer is always filled for me, and then my life slows down for the winter. We do get together for dinner and board games, and we watched football, but our interest ended Sunday.
It is really cold tonight. The day wasn’t all that bad, but by the time I’d finished grocery shopping it had gotten dark and much colder.
A trip planning is exactly what I need.
January 20, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Cold nose here, too. Lots of blankets on the bed.
My mother used to tell me that she put me and the dog out on the porch every day for the first year of my life. Considering I was born in the fall that would have made the first 3 or 4 months very cold ones to be out there. And she wondered why I liked to sleep in an unheated bedroom.
January 20, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Hi Caryn,
I also have a warm dog to keep me company. She starts at the bottom of the bed and ends up beside me by morning.
When my mother used to visit, I had to keep the heat high. She was always cold. I used to wear a t-shirt around her house in the middle of winter.
January 20, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Not sure I could live like that but it would be a rather unusual treat to spend a winter week in Freeport, Maine.
January 20, 2011 at 11:50 pm
Z&Me,
You get used to the weather no matter what it is. The griping is just part of it all.
You can always shop in Freeport.
January 20, 2011 at 8:44 pm
When you think about the extremely narrow range of temperatures that the human body can handle with no clothing, it narrows the number of possible planets out there that have a band of temperate weather that would support early development of folks just like us. ;0
January 20, 2011 at 11:51 pm
Rick,
I’m figuring everyone will live in biospheres and wear suits to go outside.
January 21, 2011 at 12:41 am
I check our forecast, which is for highs of 4C from Friday to Monday; what might be the problem?
… and the crocuses and daffs are doing fine.
Cheers
January 21, 2011 at 11:57 am
Minicapt,
Was that salt you just ground into my wound?