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To: afraidfortherepublic

I’m completely comfortable.

I’m less cranky

Love to work, hike, bike, surf and snowboard

Less tics in the summer

Fewer sqeeters

Clear skies for star gazing.

Sound travels further

Warm cognac or beautiful scotches just plain taste better

Great time to be alone with a cigar.

Sleeping with the windows wide open.

Everything smells fresh.

Steak and red potatoes

Fried okra

Catfish feel like they are being drug through mud and you have no idea what size cat is actually on the line until you toss em on the shore and listen to them croak like frogs...erh catfish

I don’t sweat so dang’d much

Grey flannel suits

Friendship candles in the windows of homes, on the East Coast

The smell of ocean spray

Getting wet while sailing

Watching the giant waves crash against the shore and hearing God speak through the oceans awesome power, which soothes me

Shooting

Duck hunting

Pretending to hunt hogs and freezing your butt off while pondering all the beauty of God’s creation

Tracking deer and deciding their carcass would be more work than it’s worth and simply admiring their beauty....and wishing I had an ATV so I could take one....

Wishing for summer and fire flies and girls in shorts or dresses

The smell of a wood fire and crisping some marsmallows over it

Waisailing

Hot apple pie with a decent cinnamon crust

Hot and gooey cinnamon rolls

Snow

Ice

Water falls shooting over and through ice

Yosemite

Tahoe

Sea Horse Ranch

Auberge De Sole’

Napa

Girls in tight blue jeans

Girls who are cold and want to be warm

I could go on and on about cold weather. I love it.

Walking across the Golden Gate

Big Sur

Carmel

Marin Headlands

Point Bonita

Cambria and dinner at “Robins”

Hearst Castle on a clear and windy day

Hiking the cliffs anywhere in California

Campfire on the beach

Dolphin and whale watching

Deep sea fishing

Kayaking estuaries

Watching the San Lorenzo River when it swells from the rain and admiring its awesome power as it carries redwood trees and turns them into toothpicks

Winter cold....my favorite weather

Cutting down a Christmas tree, knee deep in the snow

Snow ball fights

Building igloos

Snow angels


6 posted on 01/29/2014 1:25:00 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

Wow, Vendome. I don’t know you...but I really, really like you! :) What a great post.

I agree 100% with all of them, except for the references to gorgeous girls, as I am a woman. :)

Although I suppose they, too, are God’s creation. But even when I was in my twenties, I probably would have been jealous of them, LOL. :)

I love the winter, too. It’s really cold here but I took my Lab Ellie (she’s an eight month-old pup) for a mile and a half walk; if you bundle up, it’s great; the stars are crystal clear on a dark night with no clouds. Simply stunning and refreshing. :)

I’m going back to bed for a bit, I came down to have a bowl of cereal because I was hungry; now I can grab a couple of hours of sleep with a smile on my face. :) Have a great day!


11 posted on 01/29/2014 2:40:35 AM PST by proud American in Canada (R.I.P., James Helmuth, my nephew who passed away at ten years old, from cancer, on March 23.)
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To: Vendome

Your list is fine, but much of it is California. Californians do not know cold like people from Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

I was born and raised in California, but I really like living in Wisconsin and I enjoy the winter.


18 posted on 01/29/2014 7:31:57 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Vendome

That was such a pleasure to read. It’s so excellent that I’m bookmarking this page to read when it gets hot. :)


20 posted on 01/29/2014 7:41:00 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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