Friday, January 24, 2025

01/24/2025 - WRAP UP, TAKE A WALK, DON'T DRIVE, WATCH BLUE BLOODS - DREAM OF SPRING MARCH 20, 2025

All Southerners, unless they are an anomaly weatherwise or a little kid, simply do not care for really cold weather, ice on the roads, snow/ice in the back yard (it usually melts by afternoon) and freezing to death watching the kids and the dogs go crazy romping in the snow. I was born and raised in my favorite part of God's Country - Tallahassee, Florida. I remember, around the age of ten, it snowed, and we built a snowman - it was gone by about 3:00 PM that day. Next day we returned to normal. The snowman to the left was constructed by my two grandsons, Hayes and Smith, with a little help from mom and dad. He looks like he's had a few too many hot totties, IMHO! 

But relax my fellow Nomads, it's only 55 days 'till March 20, 2025, the first day of Spring. The cool/warm temps, the azaleas, the woods, the trees we enjoy in this beautiful part of the world will make us quickly forget those 18–20-degree days of January. 

For some comparisons to other places near and far - here are some examples of Winter in places where people actually live.

Vostok Station - Antarctica / -13 deg F / 01/23/2025 / -128.6 deg F / 07/21/19 83  

Siberia Federal District - Russia / -13 deg F / 01/23/2025

International Falls, Minnesota / -3 deg F / 01/23/2025

Frazer, Colorado / -7 deg F / 01/23/2025

Hell, Norway / -28 deg F / 01/23/2025

Utqiagvik, Alaska / -6 deg F / 01/23/2025

Northern Wyoming / -27 deg F / 01/23/2025

Pensacola, Florida / 20 deg F / 01/23/2025

Tallahassee, Florida / 26 deg F / 01/23/2025

As you can imagine, it gets really cold on planet earth, and we shouldn't complain about our few days of freezing temperatures, icy roads and insane utility bills.

Here is some erudite commentary by Southerners on cold weather:

It's Cold enough to freeze the teats off a frog.

It’s colder than a brass toilet seat on the shady side of an iceberg.

It’s so cold, I saw a politician with his hands in his own pockets.

It’s so cold, we got dogs stuck to fire hydrants all over town.


So, enjoy these few days of brrrr! weather, warm is on the way my fellow Vagabonds. Warm weather brings out our desire to see and experience places old and new - so start planning your trips for Springs, Summer and Fall.








Happy Warm Trails to You!

D.L.Stafford

thenomadARCHITECT

For a nice tune celebrating love in winter enjoy the multiple award-winning British Folk Rock Band Mumford and Sons performing Winter Winds.






 

1 comment:

  1. I couldn't agree more about having a winter day lasting only about 3 hours...sounds like the perfect winter!

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