Winter

Here in Australia, especially in Brisbane, it's pretty much warm all the time. Sure it gets cooler at night, and right now it's cooler than usual, but it's still warm all the time. There are no days when the high temperature falls below 20. It's still funny to us that everyone complains about the weather on a cloudy day when it's 23 outside. That's weather that no Edmontonian would throw a stick at, especially in the depths our winter.

But while it's nice to not have to put on your coat, toque, gloves, boots, scarf, etc to head out and face the chilly weather, or scrape the ice and brush the snow off your car, or walk through knee deep snow...wait, where was I going with this? Oh, right. While there is all that bad cold weather stuff, there is something to say for that relief of finally entering a warm building back at home that you just don't get here. Facing the weather and braving the elements is sort of the price to pay for entering a warm building filled with warm food and warm friends and warm feelings.

Just a thought from down under. Cheers!