tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post121628315193331103..comments2023-10-26T15:34:56.807+01:00Comments on Pond Parleys: The Colo(u)r of WinterPond Parleyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127142379706540812noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-69883980828813888352010-11-04T11:03:48.457+00:002010-11-04T11:03:48.457+00:00Mike, I don't know where you were last winter,...Mike, I don't know where you were last winter, but here in Oxford it was certainly white for half of January. And grey, rather than green is the prevailing colour of winter.<br /><br />Thankfully, I work in a college which has Virginia Creeper on the walls, so I'm currently surrounded by beautiful russeta nd gold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-39307542496206503452010-11-02T20:31:12.735+00:002010-11-02T20:31:12.735+00:00Here's a very sad story - I never realised why...Here's a very sad story - I never realised why Christmas cards always had glitter on them for snow scenes. See, in England, even if it did snow, the sun was never really shining. It was only when I started going to Colorado for the Xmas break that I actually saw gleaming, sparkling snow and the light bulb went off - "That's what the glitter was supposed to be portraying."Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-532324043718303032010-11-02T06:05:13.099+00:002010-11-02T06:05:13.099+00:00Geeky: That sounds lovely! But understand that n...Geeky: That sounds lovely! But understand that now all of us secretly hate you ;)MikeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530099708429116393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-76357640068867416072010-11-02T05:27:47.312+00:002010-11-02T05:27:47.312+00:00The bay area is very different. Our brown hills tu...The bay area is very different. Our brown hills turn emerald with the rains, so green is the colour of winter. Our gardens still bloom. If you teleported yourself into San Francisco the only indication that it was winter might be the number of people with casts on their legs and the ski racks on the roofs of the priuses.<br /><br />We drive to winter. 15 ft walls of snow line the roads up in tahoe, and the colours of winter are bright, bright blue skies and glittering white snow.geekymummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529149669501249892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-68188682089053086042010-11-01T15:47:48.964+00:002010-11-01T15:47:48.964+00:00Here south of the Mason Dixon line, we may only ge...Here south of the Mason Dixon line, we may only get a few dustings of snow in February or March, but we get at least a couple of weeks where the highs don't go much above 35 F, and the lows get down in the lower teens. It always amazes me when it's warmer in the Shetlands than it is in mid state North Carolina! We don't see as much green in my area as browns and grays; lots of deciduous trees, and the grass all dies off unless you're in a good spot. The grass here has cooked brown all summer anyway, but if you're up closer to the mountains it's better.<br /><br />Honestly, I'd trade some more winter for the last few miserable summers we've had, with highs in the low 90's in early May and rudely staying in the upper 90's all the way through till the end of September.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-72218141706133190072010-11-01T15:46:20.251+00:002010-11-01T15:46:20.251+00:00I actually don't mind the coming of winter her...I actually don't mind the coming of winter here as much as I did in the UK. It's so much sunnier here than in the UK, even when the temperature is way below freezing. And then there are all those snowstorms - the boys are so excited by the snowfall that even if the snow shovelling is a pain, there are so many other positives eg. sledging. But I think autumn is now my favourite US season. So beautiful - and the mosquitoes have finally died and gone away!nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-37690549483059389182010-11-01T15:41:04.736+00:002010-11-01T15:41:04.736+00:00As well as the fact that Chicagoans do not wear ch...As well as the fact that Chicagoans do not wear christmas sweaters with reindeers I feel I have also been short changed here on the alcohol front. If you go to a Halloween party surely there should be lashings of booze...I don't care if its a kids's party. Are you with me on this basic human right or at the Baltimoreans just teetotallers?MommyHeadachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924035710478459520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-34690914280643556232010-11-01T09:12:17.915+00:002010-11-01T09:12:17.915+00:00Here in Northern Sweden, I'm looking forward (...Here in Northern Sweden, I'm looking forward (?) to my first full winter since moving here from the UK. Luckily, I was here for a fortnight back in February (the coldest month, I'm told), where temperatures reached around minus 35 centigrade (minus 31 fahrenheit). So at least I know what I've got coming...lol.Mad English Womanhttp://www.madenglishwoman40.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-81841656081395460952010-10-31T21:29:30.499+00:002010-10-31T21:29:30.499+00:00Aww you haven't lived until you've experie...Aww you haven't lived until you've experienced the unlikely seeming sensation of your own sweat freezing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215839051185974104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-3802494707211342512010-10-31T21:24:08.403+00:002010-10-31T21:24:08.403+00:00Ah yes, that lovely feeling of the boogers in your...Ah yes, that lovely feeling of the boogers in your nose freezing - not something that ever happened to me in the UK!Almost Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17865905831387595915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374269644093476975.post-33949169558196208142010-10-31T20:26:43.043+00:002010-10-31T20:26:43.043+00:00My cousin and his family have moved to Canada this...My cousin and his family have moved to Canada this year (somewhere in Ontario - Kitchener I think?) and I'm thinking about running a sweepstake on how long it'll be before they come fleeing back to the UK.<br /><br />I couldn't stand it. I hate winter. I don't know what the Mason-Dixon line is (I'll Google it), but south of it sounds good to me! I've got one of those lightboxes but I'm not convinced they actually help. What would help is moving to a nice warm country - Australia or New Zealand are top of my list, but I'm open to suggestions of suitable places in the States or Europe. Not too near the Equator, and I don't mind a couple of months of cold, but somewhere generally sunny.<br /><br />I don't know how you do those months of freezing temperatures and staying indoors, I'd really really hate it.Mrs Baumnoreply@blogger.com