Conference turris::womannotes-v1

    enjoy....Vivian....enjoy

    Well, I don't know about anybody else, but I've been burning up
    a lot of energy in notes. There hasn't been enough sun around here
    to speak of this month, much less soak up! 
    
    But it is a wonderful feeling, isn't it?
    
    --bonnie

    
        Europe must be getting all the sunshine... it's beautiful here
        in the sun !
    
        Thoughts turn to spring... anyone know where I can get a cold
        shower ???
        
    
    Steve

    My tech and I have a **horrible** case of spring fever, but when
    spring refuses to happen...
    
    No sun.  Cold, and no sun.  NO FAIR!!!  If I wanted this kind of
    weather, I'd spend the winter in Europe.  I feel like going on strike
    until the powers that be determine that New England should be sunny;
    every day when I wake up and see that its going to be another bleah
    day, I will turn over and sleep through the day.
    
    For me, no sun = no motivation.  And you know when it comes out
    I won't want to stay at work...
    
    I want to open all the windows in my apartment and get the spring
    cleaning finished, but I have to stay at work :(
    
    Pooh.                            Lee

    RE .3
    
    Come to New England, you'll get an over abundance of cold showers!
    
    Mary-Lynn
    
    
    
    Hurry Sunshine!

Sunshine is due to arrive in New England tomorrow, and I didn't see many
clouds on the weather map so maybe it's a good sign... but don't chisel
that in granite...

Bahama Mama

    
    
    The extra energy for New Englanders could be attributed to the
    fact that it may snow at any moment so if the weather is good
    go out and enjoy it.
    
    :*)_peggy		"Who's cabin fever is gone."
    
    

    I guess I'm fortunate not to have any windows in my office, I don't
    see the sunshine.  After work, sometimes I go fishing or work in
    the yard. I've been going out for lunch a lot lately.  And we mustn't 
    forget softball!
    
    Spence
    
    P.S. Geez, Vivian, cheer up a little. ;-)
    

    I just spent the day weeding and cleaning up my perennial garden
    - it is so nice to be out in the warm weather and doing things
    out of doors - everything looks so especially beautiful this time
    of year! 
    
    
    Bonnie J

    I think any overseas visiters to the UK (South UK especially) at
    the moment would faint -- not because of the extreme heat (although
    it has hit the 70's) but because the Sun is actually shining.  Sun
    in April is almost unheard of (1911 is the last recorded warm weather
    spell in April)..... we're used to April showers (or usually storms).
    I understand Eire (Galway) is experiencing the same thing too......
    it's brill!
    
    My suggestion is to get over to the UK as soon as possible, knowing
    our weather we could be in six inches of snow tomorrow 8-}.
    
    I off now to sit in the sun (lunchtime)........
    
    Janice
    Reading, UK

    April 28 in western Mass. It has been *snowing* since 7:00
    this morning.  AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH .  Yesterday I was fishing in 
    shirtsleeves. About 1 inch now. Send help !!!
    
    Dana_who_is_FED_UP_!!!

    alternating snow and rain here in Nashua, NH...nasty

    
    It's not my fault!  I don't care what anyone says!  It's not my
    fault!
                                                                
    DFW

    I am about to go home, crawl into my waterbed, snuggle with the
    cats, pull the covers up over my head, and say to hell with the
    world...........................................................
    
    
    Until July 1st.  It should be warm by then!
    
    Mary-Lynn

    Steve,
    
    The showers are warm in New England. . . 
    
    /Wendy

    Gosh!  Down here it's mid 70's and beautiful sunshine down here.
    Expecting 80's by the weekend...
    
    (Fake innocent grin)
    tlh
    

	I complained that I was tired of rain.  I guess I should have
	said precipitation.  Will my spring flowers survive?

	...Karen

    
    
    Karen,
    
    	The flowers ? ... probably not.
    
    	But with any luck, it'll kill off the black flies too !!
    
    Fritz
    

    This snow is TERRIFIC!  I had my lawn fertilized this morning --
    now the fertilizer can't blow away, and it can't wash away.
    
    When the snow melts, I'll need a machete to cut my way out of the
    house.
    
    But, the snow has drawbacks, too.  My visiting Florida aunt is curled
    up somewhere a a corner of the living room...

    Hello all. I've lived in California for the last 15 years. What's
    spring fever? :-) [That's a joke...]
    
    Was in Yosemite over the weekend. Temperatures in the 70's, sunny,
    clear. Ahhhhh!
    
    Enjoy the snow...
    
    	-- Charles

    re .20
    
    Launch ICBM's.  Target: California.
    
    If I can't have fun for 6 months, neither can you
    
    :-)

I enjoyed seeing the snow on the flowering trees this morning -- one
    small compensation for all the hassle.  It was also kind of strange
    to see it snowing last night around 7:30 when it was still sort
    of light out.
    
    I just hope the flowering trees didn't lose it altogether...
    

    The people who are claiming they enjoyed the snow obviously did
    not have their power go out at midnight last night and stay out
    for the count. When the temp. hit 55 and still dropping, I came
    to work to get *warm*.
    
    --bonnie

    Our power was out for almost 24 hours, and I think all my dafodils
    bought it...sigh, it looks really weird to see a snowman my daughter
    made sitting in the middle of green grass.

    
    re .23:
    
    	Yup ... I enjoyed it ... once I got my generator running. :-)
    
    Fritz
    

    I remember spring.  It's a beautiful season we once had long
    ago.
    
    It seems to me that each year we get cheated out of spring
    more and more.  We go from cold and snow, to stifling (sp?)
    heat and high humidity!!!
    
    Frankly, I prefer snow to humidity.
    
    
    
    Jacki
    

    I second that. Let's have September next. :-)
    
    
    Dana_who_loves_foliage_rides_and_hunting_season

    re .-1, .-2
    
    This is the best weather we've had in New England in years!  I hope
    it stays this way all summer.
    
    alison (who likes it hot and humid enough to feel the air on her
    		skin)
                

    I'm with you, Alison.  I haven't felt this good since sitting close
    to the fireplace all last winter.  Went to a huge indoor nursery
    about a month ago (50 degrees outside), and they kept the place so warm
    and humid, I thought I was in heaven!
    
    The humidity really makes your skin feel good.  A very humid 77-86
    degrees is perfect!
    
    Brenda

    I like the weather too (except for the pollen count!), but my husband
    gets very lethargic when it is very humid out, and has trouble
    sleeping, so this weather is kind of a mixed blessing for us!
    
    /Charlotte

    	I'm with your husband, Charlotte. When it gets this hot,
    	I kinda slow down.
    
    	I don't mind the heat as much as the humidity. High
    	humidity just saps my strength (what little there is).
    
    	I'd be satisfied if it never got above 65 degrees Fahrenheit.
    
    	Scott

    Firstly whatd'ya mean 90� is hot? (Having spent time in Libya, Israel
    Saudi Arabia and other hot places...) I claim noting under 120� qualifies.
    
    As for liking it humid... Well I can say that at the moment I have dug
    my asthma inhaler out of the cupboard in case of emergency, and am
    conscious of breathing with great difficulty and a degree of pain. I
    certainly wouldn't care to take physical exercize until I've had at
    least a week to acclimitise.
    
    I think my doctor was right: I should go and work in Arizona. Or Antarctica
    (I definitely feel best when the temperature is below 0� and humidity
    below 20%)
                                                              
    The humidity and heat in the office are rising as they do every day.
    I think I may go home soon. (Though a nice hot, spicy Thai meal may
    help.)   :-)
    
    /. Ian .\

    I'm in Georgia for the week, and it is extremely hot, especially
    at midday.  I can't understand how anyone can work outside during
    the day--especially on the road crews!  

    
    Colorado knows how to have its winters.  Seasonally enticing.
    
    After a Seattle type of May experience, Colorado is going to illustrate
    that it knows how to have it's summers with warm Rocky Mountain
    Sunshine.
    
    What a finely tuned state. :^ )
    
    Sherm_the_stranded_Hawaiian_who_surfs_The_Great_Sand_Dunes
    

    If you work out in the weather you get acclimated pretty fast. 
    I feel a bit sluggish for the first couple of days of hot-n-sticky,
    but after that I am OK - I don't have air-conditioning, so I get
    acclimated pretty quickly even though it is cold in my DECcube,
    and the heat doesn't bother me.
    
    My FRIENDS, though, are getting "soft" as they all acquired
    air-conditionning, etc., and won't come over any more even for parties
    if it is hot out -- one year several people apologized for not coming
    to the Great Ice Cream party (six hand-crank ice cream makers going
    all afternoon -- great fun when fresh-peach season comes!) because
    they couldn't stand the thought of being out in the heat, even for
    ice cream!  Softies...
    
    Really!  Enjoy the warm weather while it lasts; you'll get used
    to it!
    
    Of course, it is rainy, foggy, and NOT warm here today - had to
    get my spring jacket back out!  Oh, well, it is great weather for
    all the stuff I transplanted over the weekend - I don't have to
    water it!