How cold does it really get in Northern NH? (estate, snow)

[nicolem]

To me cold and snow are very romantic. What can be more romantic than snuggling up by the fire with someone you love on a cold winter's night with the snow falling outside?

Isn't there usually a "baby boom" nine months after big storms? That sounds pretty romantic to me

[Yankeehombre]

In New Hampshire, it seems to take months for spring to arrive. Spring really cannot be assumed to have arrived until its warm enough to take a long walk on a country road in shirtsleeves. Although a day or 2 may arrive like that in April, but really May is the month. spring is not really here until some insect has bitten you. to get through that period, we have biting cold, when you believe you're teeth are going to crack when you inhale through your mouth, necessary since your snot is frozen in your nose. Although the concert of the precipitation falling upon the frozen crust of snow can sound like natures xylophone to inspire your soul in winter, A nice bonfire of last summers tree trimmings burns hot and feels wonderful in February, and warm apple pie underneath you're ice cream never tastes as good in surviveable weather.

Sometime before summer it is both cool enough and warm enough to enjoy an all-day long in the woods without breaking a sweat, sometime during your walk a flock of Canadian geese will pass over heading north, reminding you of the constant ebb and flow of seasons. Warm sunshine sifting through the new green leaves will warm your heart of how welcome a longer day just like this must have boosted the spirits of a native American hundreds of years ago after the bitter cold of winter must have been so terrible to endure for all those long winter months. At last, its time for the bones to thaw!

Then come June and July when the mosquitoes and no-see-um's dissappear during the heat of the days to leave you to enjoy a refreshing swim in a stream with the warm water wafting over your tired body in natures whirlpool bath. As the afternoon lazily passes, find a hemlock to stand under to wait out the passing thunderstorm as mother nature thumps your chest to perform CPR on your heart to awaken it for the summer. She puts on her best light show, get naked and dance in the rain!Get dressed + go boil some fresh corn, start the barbecue.

Then will come fall with the smell of dying leaves in the humid air Fresh Apple season is just around the corner. There's no point in lamenting about the on-coming cold + bitterness . its still quite warm in the days, the promise of Indian summer is still ahead. Start re-stacking your woodpile now while the perspiration is welcome. As it becomes colder the critters will find refuge in it, hiding their nuts in it from their cousins.

Regardless of your age rake up a 3 foot pile of leaves and jump in it! Winter is to follow. Locate your stash of hot chocolate, you'll need the cup to warm your hands, watching the ever-earlier sunset as you sit in your rocker on your porch. An old quilt wrapped around the legs is wonderful for this exercise!

[roerinaci]

Bronx Bomber >>>>Hmmm I've always found being with that special person in front of a fire while the snow is falling
romantic..I've also found it romantic to take a late nite walk while it's snowing with that special person....Hmmm maybe it's not romantic for you because you haven't found that special person yet...

[Colebrook]

Right now the temp is 13* and with the windchill it feels like -3 . I'm on the computer by the wood stove enjoying a nice single malt 12 year old scotch . I'm feeling nice and cozy.

[AmericanWoman1964]

Originally Posted by nicolem

To me cold and snow are very romantic. What can be more romantic than snuggling up by the fire with someone you love on a cold winter's night with the snow falling outside?

Isn't there usually a "baby boom" nine months after big storms? That sounds pretty romantic to me

ROFLLLLLLLLLLLL Nicole.... all of my 9 pregnancies happened during the winter months......

Of my 9, I lost four and am blessed in my 5 daughters, and currently I have two other teenagers living with me that are not my own.

I don't expect everyone to see it the way I do. Growing up in Boston, or any city for that matter, I can understand that mindset. But living in the country in the dead of winter, woodstove going, a huge pot of stew cooking.....there's just nothing like it.

Every morning, after we've cleaned off the cars and shoveled out the driveway, driving to work up Route 12 with all the trees iced over and nothing but sun and white snow is almost magical. It is seriously breathtaking and I thank God each time I am blessed enough to soak that in.

Every season in New Hampshire has its beauty. It's where I always wanted to be since I was a young girl coming up here to go camping. And I don't regret one second of it.

When traffic means watching out for deer or moose in the road... you know you have been successful.

jaqui

[Curlygurl]

Yankeehombre, that was an amazingly detailed and poetic description. It really helped me visualize the changing of the seasons in your area. I get the sense that you relish the changes that come throughout the year. Great post!

[leggo]

Yankeehombre - that was like reading a poem. good job.

[stacya100]

I live in Whitefield. It does get very cold, but NH is like no other state for the snow removal. They even keep the sidewalks plowed in the North Country. The kids rarely get a snow day up here! It is the most beautiful place, and a wonderful place to raise kids.
I moved to Whitefield 9 years ago after 20 years in the Tampa Bay area. It is much like the "Baby Boom" movie at times! But most people are enormously honest and ready to help, even when they don't know you from Adam. I find the winters easier to deal with than they are in Southern NE, where they get more ice storms than just snow.
It is also so nice not to need air conditioning in the summer. Maybe a week or so of sticky weather, and sometimes a window unit for a bit, but usually not at all.
Very safe, very much reminiscent of decades gone by. Everyone knows your kids....they get away with NOTHING!! Gotta love that!

[stacya100]

A little fun thing to do when it's 25 or more below zero..........(it has to be at least that cold to work)......boil a saucepan of water, and when it is at a rolling boil, go outside and toss the water up in the air! It immediately turns to crystals....snow, if you will....very fine and powdery....it's beautiful, and amazing! My kids and I do it every year.

[Aptor hours]

I hate the cold I really do It just sux