Here’s a two-fer: The BC14’s finished K1P1 fingerless mitts and proof of the current lack of atmospheric heat in the Sunshine State. (In fact, it is sunny. Cold and windy, but bright as hell.)
Check out this picture, taken in my backyard at about 7:30 this morning:
Why, yes, his fingernails are longer and in better shape than mine. Sigh.
That’s a 6-inch-deep kiddie pool between 4 and 5 feet in diameter, nearly full of H2O that has accumulated from us having to leave a hose running outside to prevent the pipes from freezing. Don’t want to waste that precious liquid, after all, when we have three dogs in the backyard who need a drink now and then. (Plus they’ll like splashing in it when it’s warm. Which we hope they are smart enough to know is not now. Ahem.) That water was completely iced over, even in the center. And the ice was thick enough to tap on pretty firmly without it cracking.
I know some of you are thinking, “What a lightweight! We have that kind of weather in October! And we don’t even turn on the heat until ice forms on the water in the upstairs toilet! What are you complaining about? Are you too wimpy in Florida to take a wee chill for a few nights? Is your blood too thin?”
Why, yes, I am too wimpy. And my blood is too thin. (Thank you for asking.)
Of course, it’s that same thin blood that lets me survive our state’s 6 months of sweltering summer heat (a.k.a. “proof of global warming”) with 85-100% humidity that would give some of you heatstroke.
It’s a tradeoff I’m more than willing to make,** ’cause I can put on more clothes and crank the heat a few times each winter if it means I get to wear flipflops and shorts the rest of the time. (And everyone knows air conditioning is a lot cheaper than fuel oil. Just sayin’.)
Now, an hour and a half later, it’s still only 27 degrees Fahrenheit outside, with the windchill making it feel like 18.
[Updated at 10:29 a.m.: The temp is finally above freezing (at 34), with a windchill of 27.]
And it’s supposed to be even colder tonight.
Brrrrr.
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** I’m especially willing to make that tradeoff now, at this time in history, ’cause 2010 was overall the hottest year on record, and it’s just gonna get hotter in the coming years. So my thin blood is a biological adaptation that will serve me well in the long run. (If I survive the winters, that is.)
The rest of me really sympathizes with your strange cold snap, but the knitter in me is thinking, “Hey, that will expand her knitting possibilities to more sweaters…..”
But Toni, you can always put more clothes on and let’s face it; you can only take a certain amount OFF! We’re expecting more snow in the Atlanta area Wed. aft./Thurs morn. We are so excited! Well OK, I’m excited, hubby is happy to see me so.
Very nice mitts! (I thought the background of the photo was a ripply glass-topped table until I read the post.)
Anyway, I really think you should relinquish the cold weather and send it north to us now. We haven’t even had any snow yet in my town!