The GALLERY holds a small selection of my pictures. If you want more pictures, perhaps to decorate your home, or to use for jigsaws, calendars, …
#PictureOfTheDay: 06/Dec/21
A tranquil summer field, courtesy of Stuart.
#PictureOfTheDay: 06/Dec/21
The GALLERY holds a small selection of my pictures. If you want more pictures, perhaps to decorate your home, or to use for jigsaws, calendars, …
#PictureOfTheDay: 06/Dec/21
A tranquil summer field, courtesy of Stuart.
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Oh for some of that warmth today!
I couldn’t agree more! I’m looking forward to Penticton’s +3 or 4. Chilly, but not -28! End of next week; can’t wait.
-28 is just cruel. I bet you’ll be considering putting shorts on when you feel the change in temperature.
It’s going to get worse than that. -40 – 45 in January …
I remember it getting down to -53 F overnight and then “warming” up to -43 F by 8:30 when I had to walk to school. I was glad I lived only a block from the school.
Once it gets to -45C it starts to be a number that you have you deal with (clothes, engines, survival supplies … ) That’s terrifyingly cold no matter how much colder it can get. 🥶 I remember experiencing those daily temperature rises during my first winter. I wasn’t sure if I should laugh or cry!
My mom always said, “Don’t cry if you’re cold. Your tears will freeze on your face.”
Hahaha. 🙂
I never tried it out (crying). Too afraid. I think she was probably right because I remember feeling my eyebrows on my face as soon as I walked out the door into the cold. That, and the pain in my lungs if I took a normal breath. The first few breaths always had to be shallow, careful ones, maybe through a scarf. Is it still like that? It’s been decades since I experienced that.
Oh yes, it’s still like that. I walk to work (in a heavy parka that comes to mid-calf) and I always start with shallow breaths. I can’t imagine crying in that cold; as it is my eyelashes freeze in the 10 minutes it takes for me to walk to work. I always hold them between my fingers for a second or two when I come inside.
Okay. That settles it. I’m staying here on the wet west coast.
When I leave in 18 months, I will have experienced seven subarctic winters. I think that’s enough. 🙂
You’ve done your time!
Agreed!
good post
Thank you. Please take a look at Stuart’s site.