mini-shorts, tank tops, and Ugg boots. The tourists go back to wherever they came from, the ponds get a few ducks on them, people start complaining about how cold it is, and my Buffalo-bred wife starts rolling her eyes and punching people who complain about how cold it is. It's quite a sight to behold, really, when winter arrives on the Central Coast...

tartan mini skirt all winter long. In Ottawa. I also recall it was all the fashion to wear rubber boots in winter one year I was in high school. Now I wear a muskrat on my head all winter long. I have traded style for comfort.

i don't know what they think is going to happen when they go out in 20 weather with no clothes on.

i just kinda happens.

What is this "Winter" of which you speak?

I was sick of year-round summer. I am now in North Georgia where there are four seasons.

Is when it only rains a couple times a week instead of a couple times a day.

I keep it at 55 during the night and for much of the day if I'm active doing projects around the house but if I'm just sitting around or not feeling very well, 58 is about the lowest I am comfortable with.

in our bunnyhugs and shorts. Here, the first snow just means you might get wet if you fall over. I'll give it another few weeks before I drag out the dreaded winter wear and turn the heat on, unless it turns super cold fast.

I get to open my windows, start to relax about hurricanes, and see the bird migratory patterns begin. Snowbird, that is.

you wouldn't find me dead anywhere near Walmart!!

Then it is winter.

Fortunately, my husky loves the cold as much as I do

Why would a snow drift need them?

bleh, I hate cold

I hate summertime.

And fall on it.

and all the traffic in and around DC congeals into a quivering morass of panic.

I hate the short days of Winter.

when I head off for school, rainy weather arrives, it gets dark before 6PM, and stores start hanging up Christmas decorations.

I will be home this Friday. My buddy was out this morning in just board shorts and a rash guard, and said in the water temp was too uncomfortable. 63 degrees seems to be both our cutoff points to go in the ocean without a wetsuit.

Asian beetles cover the whole south side of my house. The next cold spell winter
settles in to stay. That's when I get the uncontrollable urge to go to Florida.

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Hall closet geared up with gloves, toques, scarves, heavy coats and boots -

Dat be winter in Northern Ontario.

CC

And when I add my bathrobe and slippers to my pajamas as weekend morning lounging-wear.