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It's been really cold here recently, and in many parts of the U.S. Saw this on Twitter:[html]
Meanwhile in the Midwest #polarvortex pic.twitter.com/99XWwGVTKM
— Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth) January 7, 2014
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And here in Europe it has been unseasonably warm. It was almost 50 here yesterday, something like 25 degrees above normal. Our Crocuses and Tulips have started pushing up out of the ground already and will probably die when/if we get back to normal weather.
So the cold/warm weather changed sides of the Atlantic. Too bad about the flowers, but I'm surprised they'd be popping up this early at all. I seem to recall that when living in Texas, I saw tulips coming up perhaps end of January or February, but not this early in the year.
Saw this on reddit a few days ago. Took a lot of work to build!http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/snow-shark.jpgI used to like winter, and up until recently vowed never to retire in Florida. I've changed my mind. A small home/cottage in Key West goes for under 30k. (yes, I've checked) Must be getting ornery in my old age. I hate the cold, snow, and winter.
I think there's something to be said for cold, snowy winters. I'm trying to put my finger on it, but having lived without them for the most part for the past several years, I have to say it's a different relationship with the world. I was accustomed to winters in which the land is pretty much covered with snow for several months of the year, and I now find myself missing that. You can't truly appreciate nature, IMO, without knowing her extremes, and her beauty in her different faces. I'm not saying it's always comfortable or easy to live in the cold, but you do receive more than you think from it.
Don't tell me this cold weather place doesn't look pretty awesome:http://www.travelphant.com/2009/09/coolest-place-to-stay-and-see-northern.html
A friend of ours stayed at the ice hotel in Finland last February. She said it was nice but so cold she never wants to go there again.
