I have waited for this for so long:

I will think about this moment in the endless bleeding summers, knowing that bliss is possible.

11 responses to “Feels like -36°C”

  1. Pen Avatar
    Pen

    Reasonably brisk weather. I hope there’s snow, too?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      There is! Right in time for Christmas. It usually never snows here before February, so this is a welcome surprise.

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      1. Pen Avatar
        Pen

        Are you guys getting hit by the storm?

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        1. Clarissa Avatar

          I don’t think it counts as a storm but it is unusually cold. Are you in the path of the storm?

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  2. Avi Avatar
    Avi

    How well I understand you, Clarissa! Here, in the Northern Italian plain, temperatures are around 0°-2°C, but that’s still not cold enough, and no prospects for snow, either!

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  3. Victoria Avatar
    Victoria

    And here in New England it’s 58 degrees! Will drop to 14 by tonight though. Extremely weird weather. I wouldn’t mind if it were just cold but rain+freezing temperatures stops me from making a trip to gather supplies for our fish feast tomorrow. Gonna have to beat the crowds tomorrow! Merry Christmas 🎄 I’m happy you got the weather you’ve been waiting for!

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  4. cliff arroyo Avatar

    “Feels like -36°C”

    Whatever floats your boat…. Mine was floated by leaving -5 Poland and heading to +16 c and sunny Malta… forget that “White Christmas” perversion, sunny and just a bit cool is true Christmas weather for me.
    Lady in one store today was complaining that it was too cold… which reminds me of everyone dressing as for the arctic any time it got below 10 or so degrees… ah, holiday memories.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      I was probably the only parent in the region who brought their kid to play outside today. People really overreact in what concerns a bit of cold.

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      1. methylethyl Avatar

        As miserable as I find the weather right now, my kids plus their cousin are all outside biking up and down the street. Without gloves. It’s 32 degrees. They’ll come in when their fingers hurt too much to keep going.

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  5. methylethyl Avatar

    Ugh. It is 30 degrees outside here. My fingers went numb hanging out the laundry 😦 Colder tomorrow. Good weather for staying inside and baking.

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  6. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    Hah! You cold-weather losers eat your hearts out! 🙂

    It’s midnight here in Arizona, and still 52 degrees warm. If the moon were full, I could lie outside on my patio and get a tan.

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