Looking forward to no ticks or skeeters...

I look forward to wearing cozy sweater, scarves and warm coats. I like winter clothes better than summer clothes. I like that I can go to the grocery store in whatever I’m wearing by throwing a nice coat and scarf on. Can’t think of much else, although I like cold weather better than heat and humidity.

Christmas. I am looking forward to Christmas. I have a cottage booked for 3 days during the Christmas Season. Hope for hiking weather. :)

Moni

Warm soups, cozy fires, curling up with the kitties and an afghan, watching the birds at the feeders, and the gradual lengthening of the days as the sun returns.

Yes--bird feeding! I forgot only momentarily; I've ordered black oil seed online. I have a new feeder that I bought at the end of last season after a bear destroyed my biggest, best one.

Also, I'm with Ded_tired about winter clothes, both indoors and out. Fall clothes too . . . I wore my new (to me) LL Bean canvas jacket for the first time to pick up my grocery order this morning. It looked great!

Moni, that sounds so nice. And Beesneeds, thanks for reminding me that I can look forward to a period, albeit brief, when I don't have to worry about ticks.

Mmmm, yeah, I do look forward to wearing sweaters, and fleecy frocks. My mom makes super plush sweaters, and my sister makes the frocks.

And lol, I don't need to look forward to Christmas... it's already started here where I live and will be around for about 4 months sadly enough.

Our cat likes to snuggle with us more when the weather is cold, so Hubs and I are looking forward to that! 😺

Oh, yes, looking forward to no mosquitoes! I would be out in the yard much more if not for them. Although this summer's heat and mugginess discouraged me to an unusual degree also. I'm hoping for a long lovely autumn,

Looking forward to having (hopefully) everything on my outdoor to-do list done, the fall cleaning done, the rest of the family room painting done, and settling in with only the ambition to finally lay the new vinyl in the basement, do some closet editing, and read some good long books - and catch up on some TV shows (I rarely watch TV, so I am sure I have missed some good PBS offerings).

I used to dread winter, especially with how overcast it always is here in Columbus, but I have aged to the point that it really zips by and doesn't bother me so much. Well, so does summer, and that I don't like, but still.

I'll probably be spending more time in Los Angeles than Palm Springs, as it is slightly warmer or milder here than in PS, but at least I will be able to take long bike rides in Palm Springs and Cathedral City and do some more hiking in the desert.

Cathedral City is only 1.5 hours from Anza Borrego State Park, and I haven't been there in a while. Lots of good hikes there - not so much for biking, as most of them are rather difficult and perhaps too long. We have street bikes in Cathedral City but we do have a couple of mountain bikes in L.A. that we could take with us, if we decide to do something more adventurous.

Looking forward to the return of recently planted:

1. Oak leaf hydrangea

2. Two types of garden phlox

3. Meadow (tall) asters, AND

using my new snowblower (a larger, easier-to-use version). Sad, I know.

I am looking forward to cooler weather!! I hate the hot humid summers we have here. Plus, it has been a rough summer with losing both parents. A change in season will be welcome.

I forgot another reason I like winter is the clothing. I love layering shirts and wearing yoga pants after wearing shorts all summer. AND a huge reason I forgot...the insects. My husband and I were just now sitting on the back porch with our dogs and there were a gazillion mosquitoes even though the low last night was 40. He had to activate the electronic repellent. Also no more ticks or fleas and poison ivy. LOVE winter.

I love every season for a variety of reasons but for winter I am looking forward to:

1. If the weather cooperates, teaching my grandson to ice skate on our pond. Can't wait to become a hockey memere! I was a hockey mom for 20 years and miss that part of my life. Spending quality time with my kids, the travel, the comraderie and watching the kids learn team work and sportsmanship is priceless.

2. Curling up by the fire with DH and grandson.

3. Snowmobiling through the mountains of Maine, enjoying the scenery, being with friends and sharing the experience with our grandson.

4. The Christmas season with a 4 year old in the house.

5. Cooking on the woodstove. I love letting a stew simmer in a cast iron dutch oven all day long. The house smells wonderful.

6. The smell of snow in the air.

7. Winter projects. I had a candlewicking project and a counted cross stitch to finish. I also want to design and make something for my kitchen wall and have been collecting ideas.

8. Vegetable garden planning for next year. I do this throughout the winter as it gives me something to look forward to in the spring.

My guess is most of you that love winter don't have arthritis.

Actually I have both osteo and rheumatoid arthritis, hands, hips and knees are the worst of it.

Cooler weather!!!

Hmmmmm.....total knee replacement on my left knee?? Not exactly looking forward to the procedure--just want it done! November 16th can't get here soon enough.

Also-- fires in the fireplace, sitting in my easy chair reading good books, yummy soups and mulled wine!

I Love winter and I live in Michigan! Baking, cooking, sewing, sweatshirts, Hot cocoa, Fireplace, and I actually enjoy driving in it. And yes, I have arthritis. The last few years DH joints are getting worse, so we have to hire out shoveling/plowing the driveway. But we still love it. Hate hot summers, but love spring and fall also.

We've just finished watching season 1 of "The Game Of Thrones" on DVD. It should take ALL Winter to watch ALL 8 seasons. Same with "Breaking Bad". I don't feel guilty being indoors in Winter. There are a few good books I'd like to read. Cooking stew, green chili and roasting a Thanksgiving turkey.

I will be in a very small minority but I am looking forward to nothing this winter. I wear the same clothing all four seasons. Every season has some warm and cold days. One thing that I will miss is the young man who for the last 5-6 winters made certain my drive and walk were clear even when I told him I was not leaving the house. He has moved although he did give me his card if I can not find anyone.

I just hope I can look for enough rain in our area to get out of the severe drought.

Every winter another joint decides to join the swollen and painful group. I still exercise daily through the pain but cold weather makes it stiffer and more painful. Very aggravating this March and April when I could only exercise out in the cold. Summer is mostly low pain at a level that I can ignore. Thankfully this winter I should be able to get my >7 hours per week of moderate (and hopefully add some high) intensity exercise at the gym. I've seen what happens to people that don't exercise as they age, weak & frail.

Though I live in climate that's mild and pleasant year round, we do get rain in winter months and I don't like rainy days. If I could arrange it, it would rain gently enough nights to provide an adequate water supply but no more than necessary. And end before dawn so that each day could be sunny and warm. I never tire of the reliability of having sunny, mildly warm days. So what I look forward to for winter is that it be over and that dry weather returns soon.

For those plagued by mosquitos, etc. (in my case, gnats and those little black flies with their nasty bites), I highly recommended this. I bought one for myself this year and made good use of it--even in the house, where the zapper annihilated a small population of fruit flies before it could grow large.

https://www.amazon.com/ZAP-Bug-Zapper-Twin-Pack/dp/B076CL94FF

I love rainy days and really now wish we had a solid week of rain. The south gets unwelcomed feet of rain and we are in a very severe drought. We have almost no rain all summer with every day in the 90's and the nights in the 70's. July was the hottest month ever recorded and August was the hottest August on record. Now that it's cooled off, the humidity is 23% , unheard of and it's breezy furthering the drying out. I've already lost two holly trees.

Timely subject. I was in Costco today and picked up some winter wear. Bought two packable vests on sale and a a couple of long fleece indoor hoodies. I don't like winter at all even though ours are mild compared to most of the country. Down and fleece are my friends.

By November I will have finished my virtual endurance horseback challenge. Then it's time to start a new journey working to improve my skills. We ride rain or shine. So the vests will be added to my winter horse clothes along with my muck boots, rain jackets and assorted other cold weather stuff. As wet weather (and we do need it) begins we start to look more and more like homeless horsemen in our mismatched, mud and muck covered layers. Nothing else would get me to leave my house. Winter goals.....stronger, fitter, faster, better.

Looking for the seemingly unrelenting heat to fade so I can spend more than 15 minutes outside without feeling ill. As I get older the south Florida heat and humidity makes it difficult to function outdoors and my poor yard reflects it.

I enjoy every cool minute when we do get below 70 daytime and maybe, just maybe some 50's nights. I love being outside in the cooler weather, used to have a hammock in the back yard I'd sleep in when my german shepherd was alive.

Winter can't start soon enough hereabouts...

Rae Smith, I get it. I have terribly hurting joints all winter long. As is, the house temperature is under 74 right now, and I have really warm house shoes on, long pants and long sleeve shirt. I will be happy when it gets warm/hot again.

Moni

I'm not a huge fan of winter, but I think I'm going to be getting some down time this year since our families will not want us to visit. Oddly enough, I look forward to some time off so I can paint. I'd like to pull out all of my Christmas and Halloween decorations and purge stuff I no longer want.

Don't mistake my list of things I'm looking forward to that come with winter as the same thing as loving winter. I don't. Spring is by far my favorite season. But seeing as I can't control the weather, I will take what I can and enjoy what I can out of each season. I can give you a list of things I hate about winter and all the seasons. It's just a matter of accentuating the positive...

What am I looking forward to this winter? Spring... I'm looking forward to Spring. ;)

Christmas. Not the day really. The season. I enjoy all the cold weather holiday seasons. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day. All of em. But Christmas most of all. I am really squirming to decorate for SOMETHING!

I look forward to not sweating all day because of the crushing heat and humidity.

I look forward to my nightly walks at work in crisp, cold air as opposed to the sticky mess that I deal with in the summer and late spring.

I love cozy cold weather cooking.

I love when we light a real fire in our fireplace and the cozy, safe feeling it provides.

Eggnog

I think I spend more time outdoors in the winter than I do in the summer - at least considering last summer, when it was too hot to go outside for very long. Also, I have to avoid extreme sun exposure, and that is much less of an issue in autumn and winter.

Growing up in Texas, winter was my favorite season, partly because it was not too hot and partly because my allergies were not as bad.

I've had extremely limited experience with snow and almost none with ice, and so I really do not know what that would be like. I've mostly only visited snow and never had to live with it - at least not for more than a day at a time. I do not like the combination of cold and wind, however. Cold weather (from what I have experienced of it) is okay as long as there is no wind. OTOH, I do prefer to have some wind or breeze when it is hot.

I like using the spa on cool evenings/nights.

In Los Angeles, I don't really notice the change of seasons, but in the desert, I do. The wet season in L.A. is not necessarily wet, and the temperatures near the beach don't change that much from month to month. It is like an eternal spring, which I do like, but I've found that I do also like some heat once in a while for a change.

I dislike winter. Always have since I was a teen. Once the holidays are over it is just a waiting game until spring. We aren't going to the Caribbean this winter. Too many hoops to jump thru and restrictions. That's no fun. Just probably do the same old. Visit or entertain friends and family. Go out and have a nice meal and a few drinks on Fridays. We do have some grand kids birthdays in winter to celebrate , so that will help break up some of the same old.

There is a few things I like about winter. Very few

Not having to shave your legs every day

Bulky clothes

Fleece sheets on a cold night

I love all four seasons, each brings it’s own beauty. I love seeing iced over lakes and snowy landscapes. Outside of trying to use up some of a yarn stash that’s gotten way out of control, I don’t have anything planned. It’s my first winter season alone so I know it’s going to be a challenging one for sure.

Fleece sheets! I learned about them at the KT last year--I think it was Nicole who mentioned them for the first time. I thought they'd be way too warm, but I was assured that wouldn't be the case. And it wasn't. I so enjoyed them last winter.

My upstairs isn't heated, so I pre-heat my bedroom at night with an electric radiator and a foot-warming electric pad on my bed. The hallway and other rooms get some heat that comes up the stairs. However, this year I have the stairs closed off in order to separate Peachy from the other two cats. The bathroom especially is going to be terribly cold all the time this winter. Not sure what I can do about this.

Lukki, I feel for you. I've been a widow 15 years, and I had several years of practice living alone before that when my husband was in the nursing home. All the "firsts" can be difficult. I'm thinking a project involving yarn will be a very good thing.

I do like snow, I don't have to be out in it. For the ones that do, I don't envy them at all. I just like being home as I usually am and grateful for what I can do.

Sue

We don't have a drastic season change like most of you here have, but I'm not looking forward to the cooler weather because it will be more difficult to get together with family or friends outside. I suspect I will be more lonely then. I also miss the birds (a few stay,) and the flowers in bloom.

Marilyn Sue, you are an inspiration.

@ functionthenlook;

Your post made me laugh. I've also disliked winter since I was a teen. And what I look forward to is not shaving my legs! This is probably the last week for capris for me.

the pickles i made this summer ...

Surviving it!

I got nothing.

Cold weather foods (not that the Houston area gets that cold) such as big pots of soup, chili, home made pasta sauce, etc. Christmas cookies. Turkey and stuffing on Thanksgiving.

Maybe Santa Claus will bring a vaccine.

Quiet! no more landscapers!!

putting out my suet

cooler weather

beautiful star filled skies when we walk Leo

no humidity

hiking

stews, soups and i guess a total change in menu

I do like winter! I like snow, and prefer if it stays really cold so the snow stays clean. But what I’m really looking forward to is getting my father’s estate settled, and being able to concentrate on my home, and visiting my mother. If she goes on hospice, I will be able to visit her inside! For now we visit outdoors, but it will start getting colder this week.

Altho not fond of winter here, I plan on doing all those little projects that never appear to be completed.

We are planning on close to some heavy snow storms, accumulating close to 6 plus feet, through out the winter.

I am hoping to find a fix for this crippling Rheumatoid, and to be able to tackle my snow shoes once again and have some shoeing time on a bright sunny day.

The basement, especially "his" side needs a really good sorting out.

My antique kitchen tool collection needs a good cleaning and sorting....might part with some of them, might just move them all around.

Clothing in closets, rubbermaids and drawers, needs to be sorted, repaired, given away, whatever.

My crafting project box needs a really good sorting out...what WILL be done, what will never be done, that sort of stuff.

And, if I accomplish and or all of that, then I'll watch a new program or read something interesting!

Oh, those craft projects, Ont_Gal! I've had to let go of a couple that I'd put a lot of work into. Realistically, I knew they'd never get finished--at least not by me. I donated them, including materials needed to finish them, to our animal shelter's thrift shop, and hope they found good homes.

Elizabeth, I hope you'll think of something!

This winter, I'm looking forward to getting through it to see another spring and I will have passed another birthday. Each spring-summer-fall I see will be much appreciated because at my age, I do not know how many more of those I will see; I do know it is not many. My goal is to see my granddaughter graduate from High School. If all goes well, that will be 7 years from now.

I've dealt with years of arthritis in the winter and thought I'd find out if any meds could help. I tried to make an appointment here but none of the docs here were taking new patients. So I did some research and all the meds have terrible side effects, no thanks. Another case of the "cure" (none are a cure they just mask the pain) being worse than the disease.