
Oct 27, 2022, 03:47 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
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Originally Posted by Nammu
Yup, I’ll agree. They voted last year, again. But I think it did pass so I don’t know what the hold up is. I’m dreading November 6th when we fall back and the dark is so early. Doesn’t make me anxious unless I have to drive in it. Which is more likely after November.
Exactly - we've voted here, too; people overwhelmingly vote to stop the time change - but there it sits, year after year. I don't know what the heck is going on.
I used to love to drive at night, but now it makes me jumpy. I just don't trust my eyesight and my car is old.
And doesn’t make me depressed but it is like a dark shroud descended and muted the color, dulled the shine and took some of the taste out of the world. Not to mention the subzero temperatures that come with it. Mother Nature is mean, winter here last 6 months, summer 4 months, leaving spring and fall a measly 2 months. more than half the time winter steals and extra month! Giving the two best seasons such a short time.
Yikes, that's a lot of very cold weather. Sub-zero The coldest temperature I've ever been in was in the mountains. 4 degrees and I thought I'd freeze to death. I'm surprised I didn't lose toes.
You've described the earlier fall of darkness so well.
From November 6th until December 21st I dread the shorter and shorter days. 6 long, long weeks of dark and cold. Oh I know there’s thanksgiving and football 🏈. Neither are much to me. Thanksgiving has always been a chore and I hate football. Christmas comes after the solstice just as the days start getting longer. An to be truthful I do enjoy the lights, the decorations but Christmas itself is also a chore. From December 21st until March is a bitter cold but hopeful time as days get brighter. Finally in March the dreaded cold starts to thaw. And real hope blossoms.
Yes, T-giving kind-of grosses me out and I cannot tolerate football. ugh. Or basketball, for that matter - even worse. Baseball is my game. I enjoy holiday music some and I very much like the pretty lights. I get tired of seeing those huge blow-up Christmas themed whatevers that have deflated and lie there pathetic, on the grass. I think to myself, people have spent so much money on those blow-up things, only to have the them deflate. It must be frustrating as heck!
Your description of the change from winter to spring is beautiful. I can see the flowers blooming. My sister used to give me a bouquet of lilacs from her garden every spring, tied with a ribbon. Oh, they were delightful! Colored from pinkish to true lilac to purple, and of course the scent! I miss them.
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