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Originally Posted by quantum
Omg fauxgina, how long have you lived in England?? I just remember it raining and raining and raining and raining. *sigh* I'm lucky that I don't have SADD, especially where I live now! Great in the summer to have so much light, but could get depressing in the winter.
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I have lived in England all my life and its not always rain you know! it just feels like it with these cookie weather patterns that are frankly, up the creek worldwide!
Snow is beautiful. It is at its best when it doesn't get melted by inner cities, thermal warmth etc from exhausts. I've been to work and seen a hoare frost and its beautiful, a real work of art. Autumn's are fabulous with lots of colours in the trees, sky blue days with a hint of cold that makes it great to wrap up in scarves and hats and go out and take the dog for a walk and kick the autumnal leaves and enjoy the view of rolling hills, trees everywhere, each person has their own favourite bit of England.
In Norway, their attitude is "there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing" and I wish we had the same choice of pastel colours and bright vivid colours at winter. In England, I admit, our choice of clothing is frankly... dull. But I try to be different and there is plenty to buy - even wellies now come in floral patterns!!! (LOL).
I think the hardest time is when the nights draw in and it is pitch black by 17.00hrs. Then if its rainy and gloomy, yeh, thats the pits. But there is plenty of sunny spots in autumn right up to December/January and then one only has to get through to March before the lighter evenings come in.
Yeh, some of the months suck, but there is a lot of beauty inbetween. I live in a particularly woody and pretty part of England, so even when its yuk weather, its still kinda nice. Plus there's nothing like cuddling up on the sofa and watching a good film with some heat from log fires.... (just woke up from dreaming....!!! ha ha! I've only an electric bar fire... pretend jannyroo, pretend). England isn't that bad, its now worse. We had tornadoes coming through our land yesterday and it promises to get worse.... "cheer up" someone said, it could get worse... and it did!!! perhaps its time to save up and try another country, I haven't been abroad for years......