(lygenztia *101) But, it's a dry cold....

Thursday temperature –21 (feels like –24)
Friday temperature –16 (feels like –25)
Saturday temperature –12 (feels like –22)

But , you know what folks? ”It’s a dry cold.” If I hear someone say this one more time I am going to go crackers. Cold is cold, is cold.

And man, has it been cold lately.

When I go to put the dogs put in the morning, they put their nose to the outside air, turn around and go back to bed. The look on their face as they refuse to go outside is “to hell with that, I’ll hold it.”

I went out in this “dry cold” and wore the following:
3 shirts, 2 coats, underpants, thermal underwear, pants, winter boots, scarf, trooper hat (with large furry brim and ear covers) and a pair of leather gloves.

I look ridiculous, all you can see is my eyes and some of my nose and you know what? I don’t care. I am warm and the older you get, the less you care what you look like and the more you care about how warm you are. It’s a damn good trade off in damn cold weather.

I have traveled this beautiful province extensively and have been to the far north in winter. The coldest weather that I have ever experienced was Sioux Lookout in February, a “dry cold” to be sure.

But I have news for you, once you get anywhere past “feels like –20” that’s damn cold no matter where you are on the planet. I hate it. I am not going to trumpet my Canadian patriotism by saying we should “enjoy” this, that it’s part of being Canadian.
I can be just as patriotic sitting by a dock on a northern Ontario lake, on July 1st with a nice cold beer. Now that, is a “dry cold".