Colder, I’d say.
Really? What’s the winter low?Oh, not as low as here...
But you said...It just feels colder. Damp, prickly cold, the kind of cold that makes your bones shiver.
I rarely feel that kind of cold in Madison. But I felt it today.
It seems that we’ve traded places: Madison was like Bialystok (a Polish city worst hit by a vicious cold front passing through Eastern Europe) and Bialystok was like Madison.
Early today, there were the fog alerts. Dense, soupy – words that make you think of towels soaked in cold pea porridge. But by the time I set out for campus, the alerts are over and done with. What remains is the gray.
Lake Mendota never looked less... approachable.
No matter. It’s February. And the weekend. And I have chicken soup on the stove and the idea that we’ll be chopping down some invasives in the back of the farmette once the weather improves and in case all this soupy wetness is the way it’s going to be until April – well, that’s a good excuse to get away. And I will.
But not just yet. February is, this year, a stick it out at home month for me. I like home. Bathed in sunshine home. No, not true. Just home.
yes home is good - gray or sunny - and I love the grays in your photos, by the way!
ReplyDelete"Damp, prickly cold,..."
ReplyDeleteI have experienced cold weather all over the world, but in the mid-'80s I was cold in a most unexpected place. Spring in Los Angeles is normally wonderful, but that particular spring was rainy and cool. Not cold. Just cool. My crew and I were shooting photos for car advertising inside a large sound stage in Hollywood. The exact sound stage (Stage 7) where "I Love Lucy" was filmed. Our twelve hour days started out fine in the unheated building, but throughout the day the damp, clammy cold had worked its way up from our feet to our aching shoulders. By the end of the day we were cold to the bone and just wanted to go back to the hotel for a long hot shower before a late dinner and a good night's sleep. Freezing in L.A. — Who knew?