Ahhhhh

[susandennis]

And the world gets better again... This is what I've been waiting for. Whew. I love long sleeves and socks and sleeping under a fluffy comforter. We're not close yet to any of that but I see hope in this forecast.

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[geordie.livejournal.com]

So is that it? Does it just turn off like a switch? Here it takes a long long time to see any change, until suddenly a weather system breaks through and we have rain and everyone crashes their cars because their memory is only good for three months so they've never seen a wet road in living memory.

[susandennis]

It is very much like a switch. It's really kind of amazing. The first year I lived here, I went to Lopez Island to see my sister for Labor Day weekend. Lopez is north of here about two hours and the you get on the ferry for 30 mins.

When I left on Friday it was Summer hot. By Monday, I had to borrow a jacket from her to get home.

I can remember one or two exceptions in the 13 years since - when it was the week after Labor Day that the switch got flipped. But, miraculously, one day it is Summer and the next day it is not.

It's wonderful.

[geordie.livejournal.com]

Well, I am looking to leave this area, that's another vote for the north west. I'd also like to try the north east, I've never lived anywhere where it snows reliably. Most of the time in England snow lasts just long enough to get a couple of pictures, some winters there wasn't any. The east is attractive because it cuts the trip to the UK in half.

[susandennis]

Living on the east coast is soooooo very different than the west in so many many ways. If you get a chance, you should give it a go. The weather, the mind set, the compactness, the history... Everything is just so different. It's hard to grasp until you get there and bump up against it every day.

And,the UK trip would be, as I like to say, a near nothingburger!

[geordie.livejournal.com]

The UK would be a weekend trip, work one day and next day by lunch time I'd be in Newcastle.

I've actually spent quite a lot of time in New England, I used to be there about four weeks a year when I worked in the UK. Now I get less vacation and people want me to spend it with them here or visiting them in the UK. I like the spring and fall in NH, I love the smell of the woods.

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

...and we have been oppressively hot and humid 90s. Don't tease me please! ;-)

[susandennis]

I know, it's mean and rude and I'm sorry... I should make a filter so friends who live where it's too hot to change your mind won't have to see this.

How about if I just enjoy it double, triple, enough for all of us...

[glaw2424.livejournal.com]

Hey, that weather map looks familiar. LOL

[artisanal_xara]

That does look lovely. I'm sort of ignoring our summer right now by hiding out anywhere that has air conditioning, but it would be lovely to be able to walk outside in long pants and socks.

We're down to the 80's this week, and people have been calling it a cold front. Hey, I'm thankful for my cold front thankyouverymuch.