Re: now winter relief

In a message dated 1/11/03 6:51:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, Meum71@aol.com 
writes:


> Paul
> 
> 
> PS
> 
> I HATE THE COLD.

Dear Paul,

I perceive that you typed this timely message after long and thoughtful 
examination of the subject.  T'was a great laugh this AM looking at an icicle 
out my office window about 10 inches wide and heading for the ground.  We 
have to remove them this year for many reasons such as ruining the gutter 
system.  This is first time in quite a few years.

If you leave for a warmer place, many do, you still have to return.  Getting 
off a plane from a warm place into a car covered with ice and snow on the 
long term lot is awful.  Maybe worse than staying here.

I think I understand the 500 watt light issue.  We have a strip of moveable 
halogens clean across the kitchen/ family/dining room combination.  
Originally it was put up to help aging eyes work in this area more easily.  
It is the most popular place in the house because it is the brightest.  This 
makes a difference in the North which you find after you have experienced it, 
add more light, happier outlook. Not a little more, a lot more.

Noone in our house is very fond of the cold, we are of the same opinion as 
you.  Even the cat has rebelled this year and has not been out the door for 
quite a while.  Cats are funny creatures.  Ours seems to think that if it is 
cold and nasty at one door, a few minutes later she might try another door 
where she may find some sun and a snow-free place to walk. So we open and 
shut the doors until she is satisfied the weather is awful everywhere.  

We can console ourselves with the knowledge that the warmer areas of the 
country will reach around 100 degrees F. next summer and we will be cooler 
and be able to be outdoors.  Not being able to be outdoors has a very 
confining effect on gardeners, maybe everybody.  I have, this morning, no 
cheering thought regarding cold.  I, too, hate the cold.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4  where at 11:30 am today, it is again snowing. NOT FAIR

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