Remember when I wrote how this time of year is really summer here? How perfect the weather is on the mountain? Cool breeze, hot sun? Well, the rainy season is definitely over. I got that right. We had our last good rain about two weeks ago.
And because of our proximity to the equator (latitude 9°), the temperature doesn’t vary much winter to summer. Sun rises at around 5:30, sets around 6 everyday, 365.
But nobody told me about the windy season. The day after our last rain, the wind started blowing. And it’s a fierce, bitter, cold wind. OK, not like in Denver or Lexington. Or Chicago. But it’s howling 24/7. I’ll bet the wind chill takes the temp to 50°. Someone told me today the winds last about a month. THEN we get back to perfect weather. Goody. This whole freezing cold thing is tiresome, right? The only good thing is that I look way better in long sleeves. Small comfort when my hands are too cold to type.
ADDENDUM: OK, sunday morning and I just saw the weather news about the cold wave hitting the central U.S. Mea culpa. Which means something like My Bad. I got nothin’ to complain about. Cold wind aside, I wake up everyday to so much green-scape, blue sky and sunshine, it takes my breath away. Pura vida.
S/T,
Don’t worry too much about all that wind… Unless, of course, you notice an old lady with a bun in a black dress on a bicycle peddling past your second floor window. Even so that will only confirm to you that you are really in Oz ..er.. Costa Rica.
If it all gets to be too much for you (the wind and everything) you can always just throw handsful of confetti out that upstairs window. (Well, why not!)
Cheers!
Paul M.
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Ummmm move over, I’m sick of the cold and ice… I’m moving in; wind be damned. 🙂
Seriously please remind me next January to get the hell out of the midwest.
Got you on my calendar! Be prepared, though: once you leave, you will NEVER go back. Pura vida!