Now I like winter. I don't mind the cold. I like snow. I like wind and prairie blizzards.
Now having said all that, I'm about to do a 180.
This winter has been very different from our usual winter. Generally it's been a mild winter with above average temperatures. We've had long stretches of above average winter.
This photo was taken from a window in my house. It was very dull.
However , I don't like constant change to the extremes. This week we've had lows of minus 28 C and highs of around minus 20 C. This is the first week of March! We should not be getting these temperatures, although they do happen. The week before we had similar very frigid weather. Then it was mild and thawed so that we had ice. We've had icy conditions all winter. I like to walk but I stay away from ice now. I watch kids who look for the longest patch of very slippery ice and then slide. If they fall, no harm is done. If I fall, I could remain broken for the rest of my life.
This winter with the mild spells we have lots of ice.
So I would like a winter that starts with snow and cool temperatures at the beginning of Nov. Then it can gradually get colder with snow piling up. Then in Mar. and April it can warm up and snow and ice slowly melt.
However, the world doesn't work like this. We have a great variety as weather change all the time.
Maybe it's time to buy a gym membership and walk inside. We have a city facility with a 400 m walking and running track.
