Hi Didge. We've shared many conversations over time and you may have gleaned that I make my home in South Florida. The weather here is pretty consistent year 'round, 70's in winter to 90's in summer. The main quality of our local weather is that it isn't winter, ever, which was primarily why we chose to live here. Humidity gets thick late June to late August and we get more clouds in Dec and Jan. We live on waterfront and there is a near-constant breeze off the Gulf, which is richly fragrant in spring and helps cool the humidity in summer. Our sunsets are spectacular.
I knew you had a lovely place to live down there, Zee.
I came up with a schoolboy blunder a couple of years ago. We were holidaying on Australia's south coast and I went out early to get a photograph of sunrise over the ocean. It got lighter and lighter but the sun never made an entrance. Eventually I realised that I wasn't looking at the Pacific but the Indian Ocean which sweeps past the south of the country. Duh!
Not so much, Veena. In many parts of my town it looks just like any other suburban area but we only have to walk one or two kilometres in virtually any direction to be completely out of the town and into the bush.
Cold, dark, dreary, short days, no mountains or beach, the outside air smells like cigarettes. The surroundings are depressing. Not a place I would have ever chosen for myself.
Hot, cold, wet, windy... I must answer yes to all. Yesterday, at 5.30 am it was -22C (-5F), with snow. This evening 6pm it is +8C (about 48F). So it went from cold, to warm and wet. (snow is melting) . During the summer the average temp is 20 to 25C (68f to 75f) but it can reach 30C to 40C (about 85 to 100f) With these warm breaks in the winter we get strong winds from the west, (google chinook) This is NOT an indication of global warming! but is a normal condition for this part of the world. There has only been one recorded year without a Chinook, and that was 1905 (as I recall) 80% of the cattle in southern Alberta died that winter.
I also live in Florida. The winter months are best but February is when the oak and pine pollen make me miserable so I can't really enjoy the good weather.
I have a whopping great cypress in the front yard and it covers everything with pollen right through April. We've had a tremendous downpour of rain today and I'm hoping that t was enough to knock the candles down before they start to spread their gold.
Benedict Arnold 