Wednesday, January 22, 2025

COMPLAINING

       The beginning of this week was great for complaining about politics. So I was looking for something interesting to complain about. Well, why not complain about the weather!

      I don't do much complaining about weather because I've been outside for a good part of my life.

     However , we did have a storm blow through here last night and it dropped about 5 cm of snow. There was a very high wind and snow drifted. We rarely see any snow drifts here so it was different. Today was sunny and a high of minus 2 or 3.

    What I am looking at is how much longer the days are getting. 

    Dec. 20 the sun rose at 8:42 AM and set at 4:24 Pm for daylight of 7: 41.

    Jan 20 the sun rose at 8:31AM and set at 5:01Pm for daylight of 8:29. So the day has increased by 48 minutes.

    Who is it that's waiting for spring and counting the minutes?  

26 comments:

  1. Longer days are so needed. Dee

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  2. I'm sitting waiting for a Scottish spring..in an NZ Summer!!

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  3. I am! :) In the height of the summer when the humidity knocks me for six, I am looking forward to the winter, now here I am. It’s a conundrum!

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  4. 15 minutes extra daylight every week - it's good!

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  5. Not me. Not yet. I can't get my hopes up yet. Mind you I am not minding winter for the most part.

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  6. Hello,
    I am looking forward to longer daylight and spring. But, I am not counting the minutes. Take care, have a great day!

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  7. Me…me! Waiting! We are adding three minutes a day now. A noticeable difference morning and evening.

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  8. I am! I wouldn't have guessed daylight has increased by 48 minutes but I'll gladly take it!

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  9. We had another light snow during the night and so I will have to get out there to shovel my driveway again. My regular shoveler (my oldest son) has not been feeling well so it's up to me. A good workout and I bundle up so I haven't minded too much. I will be looking forward to Spring, too, Red but I know we have quite a ways to go!

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  10. I'm pining for all the extra minutes of daylight!!!

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  11. Our weather is holding at just below freezing at night, up to low 40's during the day. Not complaining. But I did hear that it is too dry and we need snow in tne mountains. Our mountain snow pack is critical to our summer water supply.

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  12. We have a big storm coming tonight/early morning that has the whole country on red alert. They say it could be the worst one we ever had with regards to wind and rain. :(

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  13. It got up to 10 F again today...whoop whoop!!

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  14. When I walk to the bus stop in the morning, I can now see a little light in the sky. But it is still cold here, for us anyway.

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  15. I am counting the minutes until Spring. My garden starts calling late January and February. But I'm enjoying this nice cold winter we are having. Usually we only have a few days of really cold temperatures. This year the cold has ben abundant - which is good for the garden!

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  16. These longer daylight hours are welcome.

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  17. Who is it that's waiting for spring and counting the minutes? Red? 😊

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  18. I took the recycling out to the curb tonight, and it just felt so warm. You know you've had a spell of bad weather when 14F feels noticeably warmer to you.

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  19. With age I realise no days seem longer anymore because of growing business in daily routine dear Red.
    I like how you keep check on distance between seasonal time difference
    Hope weather behaves in future for you

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  20. It's so nice when the days are noticeably longer:)

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  21. You could certainly complain about the weather here. We're up to about 2 feet of snow on the level, and four foot snowbanks. When roads are closed and driving is treacherous, you've got a right to complain!

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  22. I remember seeing the days get shorter in winter and then longer as spring followed. I truly understood spring fever then. I don't notice the length of days as much here in Hawaii.

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  23. Our sunset here is in a minute or two. But it's overcast and snowing right now.

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