Re: Seasons/was verbascum -Reply

Well, Minnesota would be a little too extreme for
me, too.  I understand.

While Oregon is far from perfect, lots of rain, etc., it
does seem to be the "middle ground" of the
climates in this country.  Definite winter seasons,
cold (relatively speaking -- seldom lower than a tad
below 0 where I am), but no hurricanes, blizzards,
tornados, rarely minor earthquakes, not overly hot
summers and usually spectacular springs and very
nice falls.  Last frost date about mid-April (at night)
and NEVER snow after mid-March, never before
mid-November and usually only a few snow days in
Dec., Jan, Feb.  We RARELY have a white
Christmas, so you wouldn't like it here!

But lots of gray days, rain, wind, but lots of GREEN,
GREEN, GREEN.  It's a toss up, wherever you
choose to live, of what you're willing to live with.

For a rose grower and English garden lover, it's
pretty much heaven, though.

Susan Saxton

For mine is just a little old-fashioned garden where
the flowers come together to praise the Lord and
teach all who look upon them to do likewise.
Celia Thaxter
1835-1894
>>> Alicia Bayer <abayer@prairie.lakes.com>
11/19/98 10:48pm >>>
SUSAN SAXTON wrote:
> 
> Being a former Californian, and now a
transplanted
> Oregonian for 15  years, I can vouch for the
> monotony of the nonseasons in California.
> Obviously it doesn't affect everyone that way, but
it
> really gets old!
> 
> I craved "seasons" my whole life, even though I'd
> never personally experienced them....

I know the feeling.  I'm in Minnesota now (land of
winter and mud) but I 
started out in California.  I lived all over the country
as a child and 
never thought too much of it then, but after I'd had
winters I got to the 
point where I hate not having snow for Christmas. 
It's like it's not 
even a real holiday, just totally depressing and fake
feeling now.  
Luckily, I'm in MN where we generally have snow for
every major holiday 
except Independence Day!  :)
I love the change, but I get so tired of winter lasting
so long and being 
so cold.  Today with wind chill it was 10 below, and
it's gonna be much 
much worse.  
Alicia, zone 4 boonies

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