| Kissaki |
10-27-05 01:43 PM |
We had first snowfall sometime last week. I look forward to winter, too. I'm glad to see there are more cold weather lovers here! :up:
Of course, I've always been fortunate in that my favourite season is always the current one. There's always something that reminds me of something nice and beautiful. The mountains also have different looks according to the season, and always beautiful.
In the summer I savour the heat (we typically get 20-30C on the brightest days), mountain hiking and the midnight sun. Now, I live just below the polar circle, but it still doesn't get dark during the summer, just slightly less bright. The nights are so warm and beautiful (and for some reason, gives me a sort of "Secret of Monkey Island"-feeling :P ).
During the fall I enjoy all the colours, smells and the occasional summer day or wintery bite. We start to smell winter in October (winter has its own crisp, clean, lovely smell), either during the early morning hours or late at night.
A good winter provides us with -15 - -20C (which is just right for me), and nice, soft, powdery snow. The nights are pitch black (in fact, it's pitch black by 4 or 5 pm), and there's something so incredibly beautiful about walking in the dead of winter at night, hearing the creaking of the snow beneath my boots and seeing the crispy clear night sky. Perhaps the Northern light is paying a visit, too. Alternatively, snowing heavily with big, dry flakes of snow. And the weather being so cold it physically hurts to breathe through the nose. Then - and this is also the reason I tend to love even foul weather - getting home, taking off the outter clothes and settling down in front of a fireplace with a nice cup of hot chocolate.
Then spring, which is great because the days start to grow longer again. The last of the winter combined with a more persistant sun makes the Easter ideal for skiing. The one thing I don't like about spring, though, is the ice... Because it's all melting, it makes for extremely slippery ice. Oh sure, they put salt and gravel on paths and roads, but for pedestrians at least it's rarely enough.
The best thing about the colder seasons, though: no bugs! :D :up:
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