RE: WHINE ABOUT WINTER THREAD (Posted: 12-01-2019, 11:11 AM)
(12-01-2019, 11:03 AM)Fritzy Ritz Wrote:(12-01-2019, 10:34 AM)Guest Wrote: Here it comes! First the sleet and freezing rain. High estimate is 24 "
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zaVYWLTkU
Love that! People around here weren't panicked, just grumpy and resigned. It's not their first rodeo.![]()
Also, the other thing about living in the north is that you understand that winter is trying to kill you so you prepare for it all year. In the spring, you spend one day celebrating that you didn't die during winter, and then you start preparing your garden, planting seeds, etc. You have to do this fast because the growing season is just about 4-6 weeks long. Then comes summer and you tend to the garden, hoping things grow. Autumn arrives next: harvest season -- canning, dehydrating, stocking up on things you couldn't/didn't grow as well as making sure you have warm clothes, blankets, etc. all in preparation for winter: the season that wants you dead.
This is the reason that people in the north talk faster than people in the south. We know that winter is always lurking in the background -- except when it's in the foreground, raging against us.
You perfectly described my year. With the addition of cutting splitting and stacking firewood one year in advance for affordable heat. And the tight window of time in the fall where you store your lawn and garden equipment and do the prepping of the snow blower.
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