[Jannyroo]

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.

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......

[taramayrn]

Tornados?! Wow...didn't think that was something England got, but like you said the weather's been funny all over lately.

I love a good fire - one thing I wish I had in this house was a fire place.

[Jannyroo]

Originally Posted by taramayrn

Tornados?! Wow...didn't think that was something England got, but like you said the weather's been funny all over lately.

I love a good fire - one thing I wish I had in this house was a fire place.

yeh, we had a bad one in LONDON! but nowhere on the scale that one finds in the USA, but bad enough. With the weather patterns up the creek, we seem to be having more of them.... scary!!!

[SuddenlySusan]

Believe it or not, I love the fog and "filtered" sunlight that we get along the coast in Washington state. I love to walk in the fog when it's really thick and listen to the deep low tones from the fog horns on the ships passing by. I could probably be happy living in a cave...

I do enjoy the light from full-spectrum bulbs, however, and we have been changing all the lights in our house over to full-spectrum. We're starting to look like a greenhouse now....except all our plants are made of silk (hahaha!).

During this time of year, financial stressors have more of an effect on me than sunlight -- increased heating costs, the expectations of gift-giving during the tightest (money-wise) months of the year -- as well as not being able to travel as freely through the mountain passes to visit friends & relatives.

I consider the sun an intrusive fireball in the sky which delights in scorching my eyeballs. Hibernation is good. Where's my cave...?

Susan

[Jannyroo]

Originally Posted by SuddenlySusan

Believe it or not, I love the fog and "filtered" sunlight that we get along the coast in Washington state. I love to walk in the fog when it's really thick and listen to the deep low tones from the fog horns on the ships passing by. I could probably be happy living in a cave...

I do enjoy the light from full-spectrum bulbs, however, and we have been changing all the lights in our house over to full-spectrum. We're starting to look like a greenhouse now....except all our plants are made of silk (hahaha!).

During this time of year, financial stressors have more of an effect on me than sunlight -- increased heating costs, the expectations of gift-giving during the tightest (money-wise) months of the year -- as well as not being able to travel as freely through the mountain passes to visit friends & relatives.

I consider the sun an intrusive fireball in the sky which delights in scorching my eyeballs. Hibernation is good. Where's my cave...?

Susan

hi Susan,
Your post reallly tickled me and I found myself chuckling and laughing (for once! grim week!). Thanks for your humourous take on your weather in Washington. I loved the bit about your full spectrum greenhouse - except that the plants are all silk! Brilliant! Ever thought of writing a book? Put me at the top of the list, I could do with some light humour at the minute! (groan, just realised there's a pun in there!)

((((thankU hug))))!!!!

[taramayrn]

Your post about the fog horns made me think of lying in my bed in the early morning hours listening to the train horn. Makes me feel secure and safe.

[SuddenlySusan]

Glad I could add some smiles and fond memories to your day...

I, too, find the sounds of train and fog horns to be comforting...

Susan

[kakuehl]

Right now I seem to be finding everything depressing! More to do with annual birthday (his & mine) I think. I do find myself wanting to sleep winters away. LOL

[taramayrn]

I'm sorry to hear that you seem to be struggling more with depression than before. However, like you said the birthdays certainly don't help those feelings. I hope those feelings start to lift. So, Kathy, how do you cope with these feelings? As a person who works in the caregiving industry I find it especially hard to take care of my own feelings, so I'm interested to hear how you manage to take care of yourself while still caretaking the needs of others.