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[Mama Mangia]

It just seems that the fall colors this year didn't last long enough. Last year we had a very long fal and I loved it - it was so nice. Hopefully - since the winter weather is here so soon and so strong, sring will be here quicker! OH HOW I HOPE!

[cookie]

I wish we could have 3 seasons... and WINTER would not be one of them!! If we could only have 1 month of winter I would Love it. A white Christmas would be nice though. Cookie

[dianncy64]

Move to Phoenix Az~ You'll have these seasons: Spring (about 2 months)~ Summer ~ Hot Summer ~ Sort of Autumn~ oh yeah ... a day or two of Winter (?) so I guess in Phoenix we have 5 seasons Our fall colors are the same as Spring, Sumer and Hot Summer~ Brown

But WAIT........... There's more!!


You can drive north to Flagstaff (2 1/2 hr drive) and have a White Christmas

Seriously, I miss the crisp very cool Autumns of NJ and White Winters ~ I prefer the cold over the heat ~ the only good thing I can say is in Phoenix you are guaranteed 360 days of Blue Skies and Sunshine, a dry heat, so when its 118 in the summer no humidity.

I miss the rains in NJ ~ it's a holiday event if we get rain here

[cookie]

Your Funny, I like Az and at least it is a dry heat with Blue Skies, Sunshine!! 118 in Summer that's HOT!!

Chicago Winters can feel like a lifetime, you just can't wait until Spring!! Last Winter I took up snow removal as my exercise routine. When your moving around the cold is not so bad. The crisp air feels good as long as it's not that really cold wind blowing air, frost biting, that's Hell!

I just got my sweaters all washed and ready for Winter, put all my summer, stuff away. Thats another thing you have so many different clothing, shoes, boots ect... ect... when you live in a place with 4 seasons. If it were up to me I would be in flip flops year round!! Cookie

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Originally Posted by cookie

If it were up to me I would be in flip flops year round!! Cookie

Me too Cookie, me too!!! I love sandals and flip-flops and also hate clothing that is restrictive and binding; like winter clothes are

I was made for a Tropical Island almost made it by being born & raised in Miami, FL.

It's just that I HATE WINTER and everything associated with it INCLUDING SNOW I honestly can not stand the stuff, it causes nothing in my heart except disgust for the mess it makes!!! And all the myraid of leaves covering everything it's just slap ugly and a big old nusience!

Give me summer 24/7 and I am a happy soul!!!

[Mama Mangia]

[QUOTE=Cook Chatty Cathy;25242][COLOR="Red"][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"] I love sandals and flip-flops and also hate clothing that is restrictive and binding; like winter clothes are


well now - let's see - winter clothing........hmmmmmm

not really restricting - when its storming outside a pair of thick twister socks, a pair of sweats and a tee under a big baggy sweatshirt is very comfy! a nice book, or a good movie, a mug of hot chocolate and a fuzzy throw to curl up on the couch with while watching big beautiful flakes falling from the sky!

and then of course - the down side - don't watch them fall for too long - we've gotten 14 feet of snow in less than 24 hours at times!

and your shovel is your best friend.............

then it's back into the house for hot chocolate, and a couple more blankets! LOL

[cookie]

That's Cute 24/7 Summer all the time!! I Love that idea. I think you were very Lucky to be born and raised in a SUN SHINE STATE!! Cookie

[cookie]

Hey Mama, at least there's, Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows!! Cookie

[chubbyalaskagriz]

It sounds SO weird 'cause folks say it all the time, but if you experience time in a place w/ NO HUMIDITY, weather is completely diff'rent. I grew up in and now live again in the mid-west where we "enjoy" 80-100% humidty which makes for unbearably hot/sticky summers and bone-chilling, DEEP-COLD winters- which BOTH are awful. (BEAUTIFUL Falls and Springs, though!)

As far as Alaska, of course most folks who've never been there, FEAR and TREMBLE at the very thought- but since there's NO HUMIDITY even 30 below zero doesn't feel as cold as 20 degrees in Illinois does! It's really weird. To me, Alaska summers (80-90) and even Alaska winters are PERFECT, 'cause there simply is no humidity! I've NEVER felt anything colder than a midwestern winter, and never felt anything more unbearably HOT than a heartland or southern summer. Both are yuchy to my taste. Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska? HEAVEN on earth!

[Mama Mangia]

right now Mama is in Siberia - it's so windy and cold! what a difference a day makes! and we get blasted here!