Is winter too cold for you?

[drummergirlamie]

Thats global warming for you right there, judy

As funny as it may sound, all of my harshest winters were ... in the summer. It gets really cold here during the summer season.
During winter however, while it is brisk and chilly - its very very nice and occasionally we are spoiled by a few days of unexpected summer (and by summer here i mean the normal summer, not our summer that I was describing above )

That wind is no joke.

[drummergirlamie]

I try and escape it to an extent anyway.

One of the ways in which I'm fortunate is that my friends are pretty well spread out so I have the luxury of getting away from it when I wanna, which if I had to guess totals out to about 4-5 weeks?

I have a friend very near the beach in Ft. Lauderdale so I guess it goes without sayin' that I try to hit her place most often. lol

[drummergirlamie]

Oh, I was gonna mention something else about winter...

I wanted to point out that I'd never want to avoid winter entirely for even one season.

There are a number of things special to me about winter.

This is provided I experience those things within a considerably shortened season, as mentioned.

But to save you the list I'll mention only one of my favorites:

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4) The clean air
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Yeah, somewhere around there on my list...

But there's something about the lower temp. that makes the air feel so much cleaner.

I visited with some friends in Cumberland, Maryland some years back and I remember breathing feeling so enjoyable. It was a purity of sorts that opened up my airways and just made me feel a bit more alive.

lol...I know that sounds a bit slap-happy about the experience but it was really rather nice.