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20 thoughts on “Glory in Nature – Sunset Surprise”
Wow ! That’s an incredible sunset.
So what temperature is ‘cold’? Your hot temperature is scalding to me. I imagine cooler temperatures are a relief.
9 degrees and sunny is the best! When I was in Singapore, if ever the temperature dropped to 25C people complained too. I once told a taxi driver that -5C was a mild winter day & he was incredulous. He said that even his fridge wasn’t that cold! 🙂
Haha! A mild winter’s day being equivalent to the interior of a fridge. I thought Scandinavia was cold but I think you have it colder in Canada – no jetstream to warm it up a little, I guess. Have you ever had frostbite?
I live in the tropical region of Canada and I’d have to be far more outdoorsy to risk getting frostbite. In Toronto, winter averages are around -10 (-20’s with windchill). Frostbite is a risk further north where it’s wilder and the weather chill will take you to -30’s & -40’s C. It’s worse the further north you go.
Yesterday morning I opened up the blinds in my Northern facing room and it was so delightful basking in the sun away from the south westerly wind. That is when winter is at its best. I have planned the future bedroom to be here, if we ever can’t get up the stairs. I love a light sun-filled bedroom in the mornings.
Ah summer has retreated a little, Marion? Don’t worry, it will be bad. The polar weather seems to work, unsurprisingly I guess, in unison, so when it is very cold here, it gets very warm up your end of the planet. Meals out on the patio sounds very Australian. We had one with a few freinds yesterday – now that restrictions are slowly lifting.
A Home by the Sea 
Wow ! That’s an incredible sunset.
So what temperature is ‘cold’? Your hot temperature is scalding to me. I imagine cooler temperatures are a relief.
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Around 9 degrees celsius is co sidered really cold here – not so much by me, but by everyone else.
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9 degrees and sunny is the best! When I was in Singapore, if ever the temperature dropped to 25C people complained too. I once told a taxi driver that -5C was a mild winter day & he was incredulous. He said that even his fridge wasn’t that cold! 🙂
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Haha! A mild winter’s day being equivalent to the interior of a fridge. I thought Scandinavia was cold but I think you have it colder in Canada – no jetstream to warm it up a little, I guess. Have you ever had frostbite?
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I live in the tropical region of Canada and I’d have to be far more outdoorsy to risk getting frostbite. In Toronto, winter averages are around -10 (-20’s with windchill). Frostbite is a risk further north where it’s wilder and the weather chill will take you to -30’s & -40’s C. It’s worse the further north you go.
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I think-10 is enough for me. At -20 wind chill I got a mild case in Iceland…or it felt like it anyways.
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Wonderful pics.
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Thanks for the affirmation.
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Beautiful!! I too prefer cold and right now, staying snugly indoors isn’t a bad idea.
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Yesterday morning I opened up the blinds in my Northern facing room and it was so delightful basking in the sun away from the south westerly wind. That is when winter is at its best. I have planned the future bedroom to be here, if we ever can’t get up the stairs. I love a light sun-filled bedroom in the mornings.
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Good planning. Stairs are getting harder all the time. At least I don’t have many.
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Is there a step at your entry door, or is it completely flat/ramp?
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5 steps up. No ramp yet. 😉
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Is the ramp on the list of projects?
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Nope. Not planning on needing one. 🙂 I’ll keep climbing. 🙂
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Good to hear, Marlene!
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Gorgeous sunset Amanda – it’s only reached about 11 degrees here all day so it’s put an end to meals out on the patio ’till it warms up again!
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Ah summer has retreated a little, Marion? Don’t worry, it will be bad. The polar weather seems to work, unsurprisingly I guess, in unison, so when it is very cold here, it gets very warm up your end of the planet. Meals out on the patio sounds very Australian. We had one with a few freinds yesterday – now that restrictions are slowly lifting.
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Beautiful.
I have too many buildings and trees to see the sunset here. I have to drive a ways for an open area.
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I never saw the sunsets properly til moving here, Phyllis
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