Winter is almost upon us

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We are at the edge of winter. The temperatures will fall below freezing tonight. Winter is on the way.
Our wood stove is up and running and our firewood is ready to keep us warm.

The temperatures, they are a falling. There is a little sliver of snow on the ground and snow flacks are in the air. It is a breath of winter on the doorstep.

The storm came and the storm left. We had an inch or two of snow but it melted very quickly and now we have none.

Got barely a dusting of snow here in western Connecticut. Still neat, though, as I didn't expect any accumulations at all. The temperatures remained above freezing.

Winter? What winter?

Most days down here were in the 70s or 80s.

Weirdnesses of body and weather seem to haunt me...Early in the eonter season , am cold extra everything when I sleep. But as it gets further into Winter , Blood viscosity usually changes and human life forms seem to adapt .
So I do this regular , exposure therapy to the cold outside. Having to go out into the cold for this reason or the other.
So if am healthy ,will not dress for the breif periods of being ecposed to the cold . Oddly enough have noticed ,my body adapting . And have been anle to go outside for periods of time and only feel the cold on my skin, but not get chilled.
Then back inside for abit . Then there are times I work outside in the cold , and as long as am engaged in the physical stuff ...It seems as if my brain does not realise the cold . ( subsequently: have learned the extended outside stuff can
be bad for frostbite,if not paying attn.)
So it boiled down to my ( seemingly) blood thinning seems to preserve me for breif periods outside . Without any issues. Sixty F felt cold in the beginning of Winter, but by the midway point .32 F was nominal for me to go out in for
up to a 1/2 hour .(((Anybody else get this effect?)))

btw: 28 F here last night .

My younger brother David lives in Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska. It gets really, really cold in Fairbanks. The temperature during winter falls to -50 degrees F (-45.6 degrees C). In those temperatures your body can suffer extreme cold in minutes unless you take precautions.

One of the things I became interested in was adapting to cold weather. I have clothing that will allow me to function at -100 degrees F. You have to employ layers and layers of clothing. The layers must separate moisture. You have to control the sweat of your body.



Luckily it doesn't get that cold where I live. But I do remember one winter when the temperature dropped to - 30 degrees F. I was able to get my car started and drove for a couple hours. There was no one on the road. A hundred miles of country and city driving and no one left their homes.

When am adapted to the cold weather, It gets intolerable at minus 28 F , without ,any wind chill factor and Without lots of extra layers . And paying attention to your core temperature , I think .

And I thought it was bad enough doing 15 minute shifts in a blast freezer !

It is painful to spend much time in freezing cold weather. But humans have designed special clothing, layers and layers of clothing that will allow them to move in the extreme cold. It was another cold night with temperatures at 33.4 degrees F or colder. But the temperature was warm within my home.

Supposably 30 F. lastnight ....hmm... but the house is comfy , thus far. not sure autism and being outside in the cold ,go well together. Has a weird lack of Proprioception, so not sure , how to judge cold very well. Other than looking at a thermometer. When my body does this adapting thing . Or if I go outside and get absorbed in a thing, I want (need)
to get done . often I quit paying attn: and my hands get to frostbite temperatures before I go in to warm up.
. late hubby said , when you cannot feel your hands ,take a break. It was my first real ( good ) cold weather advise.
I ever got . ..lolz

Btw: had noticed birds starting to seemingly discuss and start to figure out there cold weather nests for the winter.
Lots of birds in my area.