tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154679782170119347.post9064047131621855807..comments2023-11-16T06:56:25.495-04:00Comments on Blog - Susan Black Art: more grumblingSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260575133577123845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154679782170119347.post-88822706754321951962007-12-18T17:09:00.000-04:002007-12-18T17:09:00.000-04:00Brrr! It looks cold there!Brrr! It looks cold there!Feliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16315635566608283734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154679782170119347.post-84020550396113360052007-12-18T12:59:00.000-04:002007-12-18T12:59:00.000-04:00yeh, I hear ya. Everybody talks about the weather...yeh, I hear ya. Everybody talks about the weather .... specially n winter in Canada. <BR/><BR/>Hey.. c'mon back Susan.. they send out second buses right away now if one is full! hahah... ... but, seriously, your eyelashes will still be frozen together and your nostrils will stick to themselves when you breathe through your nose... hahha... yeh...awful. I just stay home on the worst days. Shop ahead if I know the forecast..and they are pretty "on" with those these days. I don't have to go downtown now that I am not working anymore...thank goodness. <BR/><BR/>But, I still prefer Calgary to B.C. where my sister lives..(I used to live there.) We have lots of beautiful sunshine all winter..even at -30C. She is socked in from about Oct to March.. awful. ..never sees the sun.BumbleVeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272892605379537233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154679782170119347.post-89602047495171966792007-12-18T12:26:00.000-04:002007-12-18T12:26:00.000-04:00But Vee, it's so fun to complain, especially to co...But Vee, it's so fun to complain, especially to complain about something as futile as our Canadian winter weather.<BR/><BR/>I lived in Calgary one winter back when I was just a youngin' when many of us East Coasters found ourselves seeking fortune and fortune "out west". No chinooks the winter I was there (it figures) and I can remember with brutal clarity waiting on MacLeod Trail for my bus to downtown. Freezing. I worked in a bank in the heart of downtown oil-land and likely was not dressed for work like Nanook of the North. I would practically cry as I waited in that bitter dry western cold, my eye lashes eventually freezing together with clumps of ice leaving me not only frozen but blind as well. Finally, finally I would see the bus come barreling down the hill, and so many mornings, it just barelled on by me, packed to the gills with other frozen commuters. I couldn't cry because by now my tear ducts were also frozen. It was tres horriblé!.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00260575133577123845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154679782170119347.post-40142704741018621242007-12-18T11:53:00.000-04:002007-12-18T11:53:00.000-04:00Make sure you are truly dressed for the weather Su...Make sure you are truly dressed for the weather Susan...it helps. <BR/><BR/>Not just head coverings either. I don't even find longjohns warm...they are too tight to the skin for me. <BR/>I wear my 'jammies under some corduroy pants...no jeans for me. They are cold all the time. And proper boots.... Sorels are great. And don't get them too small...loose enough fit for nice thick natural fabric socks. Wool or cotton..I can't wear wool ..it itches me something fierce.<BR/>A down-filled long coat...forget a short parka... it doesn't cover the tops of your legs... some people don't even think about covering their butts...but it needs to cover to keep warm. I always also wear a good scarf..crossed in front of my chest to add warmth and keep my core warm. I never get a cold ...ever... and I think it is because I make sure my neck and chest area is well protected when I go out in windy or rotten weather. <BR/><BR/>I guess you could also run a bit with the dogs... or at least hop up and down..flap your arms... keep moving at a quicker pace..... run circles around poor Carol just to keep warm.<BR/><BR/>It could be worse; it could be -35C.... and will be eventually.....here at least it will be. I can count on that.BumbleVeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272892605379537233noreply@blogger.com