There’s a storm blowing in
No, that is not from “Paint Your Wagon”. The weather is changing for the worse; to be expected as winter is round the corner.
Takes me back to my winters in Dawson Creek, BC. with a difference. It was not unusual to have 30 below zero; but it was a dry cold with frost crystals hanging in the air. Perfect scene for a Christmas card. As long as a person was wrapped up it was really nice and the homes were well sealed against the cold.
This was in contrast to the first time I went back to Scotland; in the middle of winter yet. I had not realized how damp the weather was there; and I was colder back there than in Dawson Creek. In the mornings, my clothes had a cold damp feel to them and the house was not all the different. Can you imagine a stone built house with 4 bedrooms upstairs and the house was heated by one small coal fire in the family room downstairs. In addition, the fire was used to heat the water, was not kept on all night and all this for a family of eight. Brrrrrrrrrrr.
Perhaps there was more to the WW II song, “Keep the home fires burning”
