Over a weekend, in the middle of January, winter bared its teeth and bit us hard.
For those of you who remember the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson…
Drum roll… How cold was it?
Cold enough to dig out the winter hat I bought in Russia and thought I’d never wear.
Cold enough to actually wear it.
Cold enough for the snow to protest with a high pitched squeak as you drive over it.
Cold enough for frost bite to threaten any sliver of exposed skin.
Cold enough for me.
In proof of the old assertion, This Too Shall Pass, I offer…a scene from summer 🙂
Remember what sweltering in +34C was like?
Yeah, me neither 🙂
Oh, I remember. Thanks to climate change, I no longer look forward to summer. It is just relentless heat, humidity, and bugs. I tend to say that I’ll take the cold over the heat unless it’s snowing, but our rain has gotten so bad, that it’s no picnic to drive in either. I’d rather be cold than hot, but I really dread precipitation in modern times. I’m more of a fall/spring girl. Unfortunately, those two seasons are about three days long now. You know what? I’ll just stay inside with a good book or ten.
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LOL! Yes, outside has gotten way too unpredictable 🙂
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Stay safe. That’s the important thing right now for those in the extremes.
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Stay safe, stay covered up 🙂
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Here in Wisconsin, we just climbed out of three days of recording-breaking cold and wind chill. Three days at home for me, ugh!
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You know it’s been bad when the radio says -2C and you’re like yay! Warm 🙂
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A Russian hat? You’re a fashion icon!
JP
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LOL! You only think that because you haven’t seen it 🙂
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No picture of the Russian hat?! I would have liked to seen that!
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I’ll see if I can find one 🙂
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Give me a deep freeze over being put in a hot, oppressive oven, anytime. Summers have lost their appeal to me, especially so because the builders in the UK still refuse to install air-con in new homes.
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I can’t even imagine surviving the kind of heat you guys got hit with last summer without air conditioning!
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