Sage

When I was growing up, I lived at about a 3500ft elevation in the Applichain Mountains, and we would have nice four to six month winters. The worst storm I was ever in we had so much snow it drifted halfway up the windows! My mom could barely open the back door- it was at least two feet. I LOVE that kind of weather... and I definitely agree that it makes the summer even better when you've just gone through a seriously snowy winter!

I like having four seasons- and having a distinct period within each where you know it's DEFINITELY that season- a stretch of real wintry cold, a strech of summer heat, a stretch of time during spring where it's just starting to get nice out and the flowers are blooming but it's still rainy and blustery, and a stretch where the grass is starting to brown and the leaves are starting to turn. It's what I grew up with, and to me it's what the most ideal living conditions are.

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