BS: I love winter because.....

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Peace
Date: 23 Dec 05 - 07:23 PM

Well, if it's time for true confessions,

























I think winter SUCKS.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: ranger1
Date: 23 Dec 05 - 07:37 PM

Yeah, well, if I lived in Alberta, I'd probably agree with you ;)

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Peace
Date: 23 Dec 05 - 07:42 PM

LOL

It does have its moments. The 'look' of the snowcapped mountains and freshly fallen snow on town streets is beautiful. But I really cherish the thought of spending this time of year in a warm place from which I can appreciate the beauty on TV and not outside the frost/ice-covered windows of an apartment that's either too hot or too cold.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: open mike
Date: 24 Dec 05 - 04:41 PM

most of my scatological discoveries are in fall
when the bears are gobbling up berries...
like there is no tomorrow
or like there is snow tomorrow

yes estivation is a good approach to winter..

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: gnu
Date: 24 Dec 05 - 05:04 PM

What kind of fall berries do you have where you are om?

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Raptor
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 09:03 AM

I'm didn't much like that rain!
Raptor

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 11:48 AM

Well, I've always lived on the northern periphery of the US -- born in Upper Michigan, reared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and for the past 35 years been in New England (2 years in Massachusetts, 8 in Maine and the past 25 in New Hampshire).

I LIKE the change of seasons and actually having a real winter.

But . . .

I get real tired of winter real soon. Too many snowstorms with the resultant tricky driving, etc. will get to me. Cold for too long will too -- we heat primarily with wood. (Great exercise, by the way.)

This year I got tired of winter very quickly -- first I hit a deer on the way home from work, then a week later landed my car in the ditch while blinded in a snowstorm. And this morning my car wouldn't start. (And it's not that cold! And it POURED over the weekend!)

Worse driving than snow, though, is when it rains and the temperature hovers around 32 degrees (Fahrenheit).

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: gnu
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 12:20 PM

Rain to sleet to sticky snow to snow with wind 60 and gusting to 90 kph, Linn? I wish you had kept it down there instead of sending it up here. But, it should be over here in about six hours and our total snowfall won't be much over a foot. Then freeze, then more rain, then snow, then.... ya gotta love the East Coast Winter eh?

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 02:43 PM

I love winters for the same reasons I love my grandchildren. I don't have to be around them all the time, but I can go visit and enjoy them for a few days if I feel like it. Then I can go back home to Florida and let them be somebody else's problem.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 27 Dec 05 - 04:31 PM

I tell people I moved to Maine (and then New Hampshire) to come to a warm climate -- and it IS, after Wisconsin!

Had a dusting of snow last night on top of the rain of the weekend and resultant mud in the driveway -- which we mostly can't use in the winter anyway. That also means what had been snow then ice near the deck steps is now a fairly deep puddle with ice on the top of it (oh, yeah, and the dusting of snow on top of that). Tricky walking -- I skirted the worst but broke through and got my foot wet before reaching the comparatively dry sort of mud (ground's partially frozen) of the driveway. 300 feet uphill to where the cars are parked.

That's the other reason I get tired of winter early -- the trek from car to house and house to car. Use a sled for groceries, etc. but it also means I can't Freecycle larger items this time of year.

New Hampshire broke the rain record this year that has stood since 1888, I think. By two full inches. And the year's not over yet.

Drove past a field the other morning on the way to work. Every tree and shrub and blade of tall dry grass was white and looked like they were dusted with mica particles that sparkled in the sun. Absolutely glorious! Like a German Christmas card. Must have had some fog in the field overnight.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: gnu
Date: 30 Dec 05 - 07:37 AM

Linn. Thanks for the warm wind you sent up this way... the four inches of ice on my street is gone and the snow has shrunk over fifty percent! 10C here now. I love it.

When this freezes, we'll be able to walk through the woods without snowshoes or skis.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: ranger1
Date: 30 Dec 05 - 08:12 PM

I want SNOW! NOW! No more of this rain crap, thank you very much. There's nothing like taking the dog out for his early morning pee and discovering that the steps are iced over. I think the rest of the neighborhood may have noticed my discovery, as well. I think the blue cloud finally dissapated around noonish and after several ibuprofin and a hot water bottle, my back has finally started to feel a little better.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Peace
Date: 30 Dec 05 - 08:14 PM

Dog slipped and yanked you down the stairs?

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: ranger1
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 02:19 PM

No, Clancy is much more graceful than I am. I slipped and yanked him down the stairs!

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: LilyFestre
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 05:31 PM

I love winter because it brings days like today...a day at home sitting in front of a toasty woodstove with a good book, interesting conversation, fish chowder simmering on the stove, big beautiful snowflakes falling, a soft radio playing do nothing day. :)

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 06:47 PM

I love winter because it's cool..


freda

sydney (41 degrees predicted today)

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Peace
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 06:49 PM

The heater in my car just went. Can't get it replaced for about a week. G'head, just freakin' ask me if I like winter. G'head.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Peace
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 06:53 PM

Oh, yeah, it's about -20 C. Yippee.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Peace
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 06:54 PM

That's -4 F. I feel warmer already.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: gnu
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 06:59 PM

Peace... time to get out the propane torch. I had a bug... torch not included, but, required in Canada.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Peace
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 07:04 PM

I lost a Hyundai like that once. Breaker blew up north--it was about -45 that evening. Fellow had a tiger torch and we got a few lengths of stovepipe and tarped the front of the car. Went inside to wait for twenty minutes.

Two weeks prior to that I'd had an oil seal replaced. They did not clean the oil off the bottom of the car/engine-pan, etc. So, while inside being warm, the flame from the torch travelled UP the stovepipe and the car began to get warm, too. We hauled it to the road away from the 2500 gallon size propane tanks and watched it burn from the front to the back. Took 40 minutes. A good time was had by all. You take yer entertainment where you can find it in the north.

Happy New Year to you, gnu. Keep well, buddy.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Joybell
Date: 31 Dec 05 - 07:11 PM

I especially love memories of it at the moment. It's been over 100 degrees for days.

But Winter - yes well I love the sight of Brolgas circling overhead looking for the ideal place to nest. The return of the Swallows, Black Swans and Mountain Ducks. Rain pounding on the iron roof. The sound of water running into empty tanks. Magpies splashing about in flooded fields. Frog songs. Swamp Wallabies shaking rain from their thick coats. The smell of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil around Wattle roots. (That's a funny one isn't it?) It's around when it rains -or when you disturb the soil. I'm hooked on it.
Ahhh! Yes! Winter. Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Kaleea
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 04:17 AM

. . .because I get to tell folks about how wonder the weather is in San Diego when they are in the middle of a blizzard.

      " . . .gone away is the blizzard,
          here to stay is the lizard . . ."

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 05:28 AM

I seem to remeber reading in my youth, a French novel by Husyman - Au Rebours, I think it was called. About this chap, he used to be a sensualist. He imagined things by giving himself experiences. The bit that sticks in my mind, he imagined visiting England, by sniffing a piece of tarry rope. God alone knows how the rope summoned up England in his mind. (I read this hoping to become a cultivated person when I was too young to realise the damage was already done at the time of my conception.)

What I was thinking, as the neighborhood little shits threw snowballs at my double glazing, and I was defrosting the car windows - perhaps we could just have a large vodka and lime or something similar - with two chunks of ice instead of of one - concentrate really hard on the ice. And who knows we could sate our desire to experience winter.

happy new year

to everyone

big al whittle

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Tootler
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 06:50 AM

Not a huge fan of winter, but I do like the patterns of the twigs and branches on the trees. This is something you can only see when the leaves are not there and there are some wonderful patterns if you look.

My daughter once said she liked the North York moors in winter and when I asked her why she said it was the changing colours and it is true, the colours on the moors change round the year and are endlessly varying.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: artbrooks
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 08:37 AM

I like winter because I have several pair of warm wool socks, and it gets cool enough to wear them.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Scoville
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 06:27 PM

If we're lucky, we can go a whole week without air-conditioning.





(I'm not kidding.)

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Peace
Date: 01 Jan 06 - 06:28 PM

HUMBUG.

Subject: RE: BS: I love winter because.....
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 02 Jan 06 - 06:06 AM

yes its true the colours change, I was up in the Derbyshire peak district yesterday and the winter landscape is exquisitely beautiful. Weigh that against a winter like this one. Everything is so uncertain - I put off two gigs til march, just didn't fancy getting stuck in the snow at either place!

let's face it we could be up to our armpits in bloody snow by tea time today, the weather forecasters just make it up - they haven't got a clue....