Winter 2025

[bloviatrix]

You know it's cold when it's warmer inside the rink then on the walk from the car.

[Wilfrid]

This is better. Sitting in Bryant Park.

[Wilfrid]

Putting another comforter on the bed tonight. That's usually a January thing.

Walked the 20 blocks from home from 125th today and the wind down Broadway was brutal. (For here, I know.)

[Wilfrid]

I always work from home, tomorrow I may work from bed. Now have three comforters. I know we are New York wimps. Anyway.

[Evelyn]

Guess I shouldn't mention it will be in the high 60s here in LV tomorrow. And in the 70s by Wednesday. Oops, guess I did 😇

[maison rustique]

8 hours ago, Evelyn said:

Guess I shouldn't mention it will be in the high 60s here in LV tomorrow. And in the 70s by Wednesday. Oops, guess I did 😇

Grrrr! It is effing 19 F here this morning. Why oh why did I ever leave SoCalif!!!

[hollywood]

It's climbing up to 79 here today.

[StephanieL]

High 50s here, making it feel like a very pleasant NYC October.

[Wilfrid]

Delightful event at NYSL tonight with Susan Cheever talking about her book about her father.

Then the journey home, feels like teens. I was waiting just inside the front doors with another member, both our phones showing the crosstown bus 8 minutes away; then it rolls right in and thank god she noticed.

The 1 train is pulling in as I get to the barrier and a guy also running lets me go through first. When I get on board my body is going to stop the doors closing until he makes it.

This would all be so relaxed in September.

[Wilfrid]

[small h]

 

Edited December 15, 2025 by small h

[Wilfrid]

Feels like 5. It's 54 in Barcelona. 

[small h]

I did not leave the house today except to go out on the balcony and take that picture. 

[Wilfrid]

Not expecting to go out tomorrow. Although I do need some ingredients for pounti. That's like a block away.

[maison rustique]

Here in the mid-west it has been ping-ponging between brutally cold and unseasonably mild. Craziest winter ever.

[MitchW]

I have no idea what is wrong with the winter weather. 

If people don't like winter, shouldn't they move to a different climate?  As I wish I could in the summer.

[small h]

3 hours ago, MitchW said:

I have no idea what is wrong with the winter weather. 

It's cold, so you lose feeling in your extremities. The sidewalks are very slippery; you could fall. Frigid air is uncomfortable to breathe. 

[MitchW]

19 minutes ago, small h said:

It's cold, so you lose feeling in your extremities. The sidewalks are very slippery; you could fall. Frigid air is uncomfortable to breathe. 

There's always Florida.

[small h]

9 minutes ago, MitchW said:

There's always Florida.

Or staying inside my reasonably warm and comfortable apartment. Which I will take over Florida any day of the week.

[MitchW]

If, like me, you grew up in Queens in the 50s and 60s, then made the fascinating move to upscale (well, the lower upscale part of) Nassau County, then maybe this article will bring back some fond memories. 

If not, enjoy some of the pictures, and (for now) be thankful for what you get now!

NYC SNOW DAYS FROM THE PAST

 

[Wilfrid]

I have no idea what is wrong with being cold, wet and miserable.

You won't win this one Mitch. 

[Evelyn]

When I lived on the beach in N FL, we used to laugh at the "snowbirds" stopping in October for their first visit to the beach on their way to Orlando/Tampa/Miami. We'd make bets on which visitor we thought would have the reddest sunburn the next day 😅

Here, a lovely 70 degree day without a cloud in the sky. Low tonight will be around 50. Temps pretty much like that for the rest of the week.

[StephanieL]

37 when I got up this morning.  There was frost on the car a few days ago.

[MitchW]

You all better start getting ready to complain about the temperature and potential snow.

[small h]

Way ahead of you.