The trouble with fall

[naomikritzer]

I mostly like fall, except for three things:

1. The knowledge that winter is coming, which I can mostly banish until it becomes inescapable reality.

2. The fact that I can't close any of the bedroom dresser drawers, because everyone needs access to both the short-sleeved stuff and the long-sleeved stuff.

3. The difficulty with menu planning. We plan menus by the week and I shopped last Thursday, when it was chilly and getting chillier and forecasts of warm weather in the future seemed implausible. So we're having split pea soup with smoked turkey, cooked in the crock pot, for dinner. This sounded really nice when it was 45 degrees and windy. It's currently 81 and muggy.

Comments

Sure you can.

[stargoatpdx.livejournal.com]

Here are the average highs and lows for each month (°F) from the Wikipedia entry for Portland, Oregon:

Jan -- 46 -- 37
Feb -- 50 -- 39
Mar -- 57 -- 41
Apr -- 62 -- 44
May -- 68 -- 50
Jun -- 74 -- 54
Jul -- 80 -- 58
Aug -- 81 -- 58
Sep -- 74 -- 55
Oct -- 63 -- 48
Nov -- 51 -- 42
Dec -- 46 -- 37

"Although it lies in the Marine west coast climate zone, Portland shows many characteristics of a Mediterranean climate."

Each person has their own preferences, of course, and I don’t mean to imply that Portland would be perfect or even adequate for everyone. But if ya dislike extreme temperatures...

Re: Sure you can.

[naomikritzer]

And see, personally, I spent a year in England an discovered that I dislike excessively moderate temperatures. Although it might be less unpleasant if it were sunny and pleasant every day instead of raining.