my nod to winter

[ilanarama]

Since we are planning on avoiding winter by being in the southern hemisphere for most of it, when Rolfe and Kristen invited us to go backcountry skiing, we figured that we might as well get a little winter in. A little winter - hah! We left Durango under sunny blue skies; as soon as we left pavement in La Plata Canyon it started snowing, and we skied up to the ridge and back down in - okay, not a blizzard, but definitely a snowstorm.

And then we drove back to town and it was sunny and warm and beautiful.

I sort of wish winter could always be nicely self-contained in the canyons and mountains, that we could choose to visit winter if we wanted to, but never would have to shovel the walk or knock icicles off the eaves or scrape the windshield. But then I wake up to the beauty of a winter's day and, you know, I kind of like winter. Which thought is not going to keep me from getting on that plane next week.

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[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

I sort of wish winter could always be nicely self-contained in the canyons and mountains, that we could choose to visit winter if we wanted to, but never would have to shovel the walk or knock icicles off the eaves or scrape the windshield.

That's why people move to California. *g*

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but then you HAVE to drive FARTHER to get it, and there are all those PEOPLE!

[jeddy83.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I would like to do the same thing for summer, especially February when it is humid.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I grew up where it was quite humid and hot in the summer, and it's really no fun at all. That's one really nice thing about where I live now: it rarely gets very hot in the summer (maybe for a week or so, max) and it's never humid.

[jeddy83.livejournal.com]

*g* It sounds delightful, except for the fact that it is freezing in winter. I whined my way through one looooong English winter, so I already know I am no good at them.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Oh, foo. It's actually quite nice here in the winter. I mean, sometimes it snows (and sometimes it snows quite a bit) but in general it is sunny and very dry, which I imagine is the opposite of an English winter. For example, today I went running in shorts and a sleeveless shirt, despite it being (hah, I can do the conversion) 6 C, because it was so very sunny and dry.

On the other hand, it does occasionally snow several feet. :-)

Also, I love your animated snow icon!

[jeddy83.livejournal.com]

Oh, hee. Where I live it sometimes gets down as low as 6 C overnight when I'm snuggled up under a blanket and a doona. Sometimes we have highs as low as 12 C and then I wear a great heavy wool coat and a scarf, not shorts and a sleeveless shirt.

On the other hand, the blue skies do sound nice. I'm rather partial to them as we have them quite a lot here and I'm sure the lack of them contributed hugely to my depression at the end of the fourth month of winter in London. Plus you aren't as far north as London, which means your hours of daylight in winter would be comparable to ours. There is nothing worse than going to work in the dark and then coming home in the dark.

And the icon is new, taken from a collection by sweetgirl7808. It's my Supernatural christmas icon of The Metallicar, a very important character in Supernatural. *g*