Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Tell Me Why Snow is So Bad
View Single Post
 
Old 08-11-2018, 01:27 PM
CFrance's Avatar
CFrance CFrance is offline
Sage
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Tamarind Grove/Monpazier, France
Posts: 14,705
Thanks: 390
Thanked 2,132 Times in 877 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Henryk View Post
OMG, I totally agree. However, I simply loved watching when it was snowing; it was exceptionally therapeutic. It was beautiful. When Robert and I lived in Provincetown (not Providence) we had windows on three sides and expansive forest views. I LOVED watching the snow while making gallons of (I froze it) a long cooked something, such as chicken stock, pasta sauce or even a time consuming supper.

The reasons we moved are:
Ptown population dropped to about 1,500 during winter (from up to 60,000 on Fourth of July).
25 out of 160 restaurants are open in winter—five are REALLY good.
In winter of 2015 we had so much snow (loved it). Temperatures went to 20s, a stayed there for a month. Couldn’t use the front door entrance until May.
In March 2015 I broke my ankle checking for frozen pipes for a neighbor. Robert hurt his back trying to push the truck (!) out, with me, so we could drive. Last straw. Hello, Villages!

I do miss it. A moderately heavy snow storm is a beautiful thing.
Up until the part where you hurt yourself, you were causing me to recall with pleasure the blizzards at Lake Michigan that snowed us in, the bread-baking-stew-making marathons, and watching football in front of the fireplace. Bundling up and walking on the beach, breathing through my scarf till it froze.

But those were some days here and there, usually in the beginning of winter. Overall, unfortunately, the bad outweighed the good parts for us.
__________________
It's harder to hate close up.