I hear it's snowing somewhere in the U.S. with blizzards and huge hail the size of bowling balls. I heard it from someone at a local clam stand::Tarks in Dania where my husband and I enjoyed some steamers and chicken wings before our movie. It's about 59 degrees outside, with a slight breeze, just "cold" enough to make us Floridians don our Patagonia fleece outerwear for the evening. In the morning it will be crisp and cool, warming up to the mid-70's in the afternoon. THIS is what we Floridians call "Winter". This is Winter as I've always known it, much different from my husband's childhood stories of growing up in Michigan having to shovel snow just to back out of the driveway.
The weather really has been wonderful the past few weeks. Correct me if I'm wrong fellow Floridians, but it seems like it's been quite a few year since we've had soooo many beautifully cool days "in a row". And, by golly, we deserve it! We've earned it. . . This is our 'Joie de Vive', our 'Light at the end of the South Florida Hurricane/Tropical Storm Tunnel', THIS IS THE LIFE, people. . . On days like today I feel like I've rediscovered paradise. . . South Florida IS paradise. . . As much as I love to travel and appreciate different places, people, and things, as Dorothy said is so well in The Wizard of Oz: "There's no place like home!" I would just have to add, "at 59 degrees, sun shining, blue skies, palm trees blowing in the breeze, sparkling ocean waters, and more."
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