Winter
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Well anyone who knows me knows how I dread winter; just hate it. The summer we had this past year was spectacular, something we hadn't seen in several years and I loved every moment of it. I started sitting out in the sun in mid April tanning my goose bumps but I didn't care as the winter before was so snowy and cold. We were so lucky to see the snow recede as early as it did and I for one was not going to miss a single day of sunshine basking in it's warmth and radiance.
This brings me back to this winter as I had dreaded it as soon as it started to approach. Everything here gets so dreary and dead. No one is out as everyone retreats indoors for a long seclusion, in his or her own little world till the sun emerges in spring. Winters here can be relentless and long making it so lonely at times. It seems that this can be that land that the sun forgot to bestow upon and we can go weeks without ever seeing a blue sky. On those rare instances we do happen upon one, it usually is for just a brief visit and everyone tries their hardest to see it, as we don't quite know when it will come back. Most of this is due to lake effect from Lake Ontario. The reason I've dreaded this winter though is because of the summer warmth we had. It has been historically recorded that when we've had such a warm summer and the lake was as warm as it was, we usually get slammed with snow. This has not been the case so far. We've had some snow, but we have averaged 160 plus inches the last few years and currently it is all green outside. We've had many cold and extremely windy days but not much in the way of snow. No complaints from me but I wonder.....
will we get it all in one surprise dumping? I guess time will tell as it's currently only mid January.
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