Weather Patterns
By Darkwing
@Darkwing (21583)
January 12, 2009 12:28pm CST
Have you noticed a change in the weather patterns in the past few years? I decided to start this discussion because I feel that global warming is not the answer.
Years ago, when I was a child, winters in England were quite harsh at times... not every year, but certainly on average they were colder. Then came a period of warmer winters, with rain and wind prevailing. For the past few years, we have had snow, normally in February or March... last year, even in April! This year, we had snow early in January, but it didn't stay around long. Today, we suffered drizzly rain and although the wind became quite strong, it was a whole lot warmer than of late, when for nearly two weeks, we were in sub-zero temperatures. One morning, I recorded -11C, which is very cold for this time of the year. For days on end, we had sunshine during the day and bitterly cold, clear, frosty nights. This frost didn't melt during the day, even in the sun because the temperatures stayed either at or below freezing. It created what I call a "Christmas Card Scene". Everything was white... trees, hedgerows, grass, roofs... you name it. I took some pictures a couple of days ago, at different times of the day, so that I could use them for Christmas cards next year. lol.
Now, I'm of the belief that the world turns through cycles. We already had drought times, flooding, the Ice Age, etc, etc, and I feel that this is a repetitive pattern. I think we've been through the floods, earthquakes and stuff for a few years now, and that we're approaching another ice age.
How do you feel about this? Have you noticed a particular change in weather patterns in your area, and what do you really think it's down to... global warming, or a constant turn of the wheel of nature, going through different periods of atmospherics and weather changes? I would be very interested to hear your views on this because I really can't see that the planet is getting any warmer! lol.
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@ellie333 (21016)
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12 Jan 09
Hi Darkwing, I don't know about another Ice Age but the weather patterns are certainly changing, the seasons do seem to be merging into one where you can have a brilliant summers day in the middle of winter and snow in the spring. I like you remember harsh winters and hot summers, the year I was born it snowed and snowed and snowed for months, 1963. I don't think it is down to global warming myself but due to planetary changes etc. but have no real strong views either way. Huggles. Ellie :D
@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
Yes, I've noticed similar but on a longer time scale, and I've developed a theory for this. I'm not alone in my thinking either, as I've talked to local, country people and most of them tend to agree with me.
I think we're both of the same opinion regarding the Wheel of the Year, so I'll explain my theory based on that because I believe there's not only a Wheel of the Year, which is quite a fast cycle in comparison, but that there is a Wheel of Life, a Wheel of Nature, and a cycle for everything that is. These wheels turn in the background, perhaps even without us noticing, but they move at a far slower pace than the Wheel of the Year. Thus, the Wheel of Life is constructed from many wheels of the year, and the Wheel of Nature is constructed from many wheels of life, each larger and turning much more slowly than the other. The Earth turns constantly and shifts in the Universe, and it's my belief that this causes a cycle of different weather ages... i.e. we move, over thousands of years, from ice age to global warming and back to ice age again. It's not that I disbelieve scientists, but more that technology is much more advanced than it was in the last global warming age. Scientists have already discovered that the hole in the ozone layer, albeit very very slowly, is repairing itself. So Mother Nature is constantly working to keep our planet "alive". I don't know how you feel about this but it's just something I've been thinking about lately. Last week when everything was coated with frost, all day and every day, and temperatures plummeted to at least -11C, I began to think about the Ice Age and the changes in weather patterns during my lifetime.
Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution, my dear friend. x
@snowy22315 (180830)
• United States
12 Jan 09
I think it is the overall temperature of the earth that is warming. It is not always noticeable with one season or even two or three. It has been proven repeatedly that the glaciers are melting and the surface temperature of the earth is warming. It makes me wonder sometimes also when it is really cold outside about global warming, but I think I need to trust scientific data.
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
I don't disagree that there's global warming at the moment, but what I'm saying is that the wheel of nature turns and the different stages of earth conditions changes. I think we're approaching another ice age when we get past the global warming stage. I don't disbelieve scientists' theories, but what I'm saying is the earth turns and moves in the universe. We know there was an ice age and we know there was the time of the dinosaurs when the land was hot and dry, but the earth spins and moves its position and although it's a slow process, I believe the different stages of weather conditions go around and come back around. Scientist have already observed that the hole in the ozone layer is repairing itself, albeit very slowly, so should we do anything differently? I agree that cutting down too many trees without replanting and various chemicals released into the air are harmful, but all we can do is cease the destruction and let the hole heal itself, as we are unable to physically repair it.
Food for thought anyway and I respect your opinion... thank you for that, and Brightest Blessings.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
13 Jan 09
I will agree with you there but this Ice Age has not been doing me much good at all
I have been very sick the worse I have ever been since I got this Illness 7 years ago I am only just now starting to get better I really hope that it will not be so cold next Winter and I do hope that we have had our Share this Year and that it stays in the plus now
It has been awful and I really do not want to be this sick again I actually got scared this time and have to say if I was still on 20-30 a Day I would have been a lot worse I guess but beside the point this Weather knocked a lot of People and I know you have had your share with it to
Love and Hugs to you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
13 Jan 09
Hey no need to worry about me I always survive
Today is the best I have felt in 2 weeks but just saw the Weather as for the coughing that is what I am like lol but I think it is the Ice Age hehehehe
Well saying that it used to be that cold when I was little as my Granny always used to put the big woolly Tights on me pair of thick Trousers big woolly Jumpers underneath that a vest and a T shirt then a big Coat woolly hat and scarf I always felt like one of the Michelin Men lol
When I was taken the little Fellow out I was always worried he might freeze something hehehehe that would have been funny
Ok maybe not 
xxxxxx
Ok maybe not xxxxxx1 person likes this
@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
Lol... we're far from an ice age yet, Gabs. This is just a similar winter to my childhood days. We seem to be moving around again. In fact, my sickness was nothing to do with the weather. I first had a flu virus, which left me with a chest infection, which all-told, lasted four weeks. Then it came back twice more in the form of coughing and a heavy cold. I coughed so hard that I wretched, but it was the only way I could shift it, and the only way I could recover was to spend a lot of time in bed, resting and keeping warm. I suspect that this is why you've been feeling so bad... I fear you may have contracted the flu bug on top of your normal problems, which has hit you hard. As you know, I don't believe in modern medicines, for my own reasons, but I was so bad that I did take Beechams and Hot Lemon three times a day. Not that it did the actual symptoms any good at all, but it helped me sleep!!!
I hope you're feeling much brighter now... I do think the weather conditions are psychological though. The sun is out, so you feel better! Good job, too! You worry me sometimes! Take care, stay warm and get better... we miss you, Gabs. xxxx
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@Darkwing (21583)
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23 Jan 09
Lol at your Granny! It was a tad colder in Germany, when you were a youngster... I certainly noticed the difference between here and there anyway. I used to be a lollipop lady at the crossing at the top of Lusekestrasse... you remember... just by the kiddies' playground? One morning, it had snowed so hard, my bike slid right across the road and I fell of that, then when I got there, a fleet of German tanks were coming up the road towards the camp! You know how much noise and vibration they caused, lol. The snow was piled high at the sides of the road, so I had carved out an opening with my lollipop stick, which you know was a shorter version of the ones we have here. I sent all the kids into the playground and told them to wait until I called. They were making snowballs in the playground and throwing them over the fence at me! lol. Good grief, there were at least twenty tanks I had to let through and I was freezing. Anyway... the procession came to an end, I called the kiddies to the crossing, and saw them across the road and they went sliding off to school. I'll always remember that day. I biked back to the baker's to get my usual hot rolls and three cakes, which I shared with my two neighbours, as we took turns in making coffee for each other. Luckily, I didn't fall off my bike on the way back and squash my rolls and cakes! ha ha ha ha ha. xxx
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I am more inclined toward repeating weather cycles, although it is hard to have enough perspective to line out strong conclusions. I know we are of different paths for our faith, but I firmly believe that earth is much more resilient in design, and will continue with summers, and winters, and springtimes and harvests. Sometimes bountiful and sometimes thin, but always returning as you have said in a wheel of nature. I believe that is part of creation.
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
I think, with our combined way of thinking, we both feel there is a wheel of nature.. in fact, there's a "wheel theory" for everything that is. Consider this... one year is a very fast turning of the wheel of nature, in seasons, showing us that life goes in cycles... right? Well, my theory is that the earth turns in the same way, but at a much, much slower pace, and that it turns through much longer seasons, or "weather ages". Mother Nature is a clever lady, and it is my firm belief that we spin through a cycle of weather patterns, ie, that we will eternally move through ice age to global warming and back to ice age again. Somehow, I also think the "tilt" of the earth changes so that we get these extreme changes. It takes many hundreds, maybe thousands of years before a complete turn is made, and we'll not see an ice age in our lifetime, but perhaps in the lifetimes of our great, great, great grandchildren. Scientists have also reported that although it will take hundreds of years, the hole in the ozone layer is slowly being repaired by Mother Nature, so go figure!
Something to think about anyway, my friend. I'm a firm believer in the Wheel of the Year, a Wheel of Life and a Wheel of Nature, indeed in a Wheel for all that is. What are your thoughts on this? Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Yes, friend, we approach our faith and our paths differently but I regard you and I a some examples of how we can be different and respectful and get along. We are enriched by knowing each other. I fear that some of these financial issues we are having in the States will cause us unwillingly to have to cut back on some manufacturing and commercial pollution.
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
What you've explained there makes a lot of sense to me, my friend, except that I cite Mother Nature rather than God, for reasons I'm sure you're aware of.
With regard to pumping pollutants into the air, I'm afraid it's been a part of progress and it will be difficult to change the way people have been conditioned to behave in. Also, it would mean a lot more research and losses as far as manufacturers were concerned, but on the whole, you're right. The same with power... we need it for the computer but what's wrong with going back to candles or finding some other source, rather than rob the earth of its minerals and gases?
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@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
13 Jan 09
Hi Dear
well at the moment we do have cold here but its not that cold
u know i am going to tell u opposite story, here summer is being extended, normally it started in April and End in Mid August, but now it starts from End March and last till End October
nd trust me in June it touches 50C, and schorching Sun, so here we have to see any thing white other than in northern areas of Pakistan.
I think its due to some interfernce of Human in Mother Nature, and some holes in Ozones, differnt emmissions of gases.
its saying that over all world temprature is rising
Take care
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
Yes, but it's my belief that we've been through global warming in days long gone, and that we'll return to ice age.
I'll explain my theory on the Wheel of the Year, which is quite a fast cycle in comparison, but I believe that there is a Wheel of Life, a Wheel of Nature, and a cycle for everything that is. These wheels turn in the background, perhaps even without us noticing, but they move at a far slower pace than the Wheel of the Year. Thus, the Wheel of Life is constructed from many wheels of the year, and the Wheel of Nature is constructed from many wheels of life, each larger and turning much more slowly than the other. The Earth turns constantly and shifts in the Universe, and it's my belief that this causes a cycle of different weather ages... i.e. we move, over thousands of years, from ice age to global warming and back to ice age again. It's not that I disbelieve scientists, but more that technology is much more advanced than it was in the last global warming age. Scientists have already discovered that the hole in the ozone layer, albeit very very slowly, is repairing itself. It won't repair completely in our lifetime, but probably in the lifetimes of our great, great grandchildren. So from this, I ascertain that Mother Nature is constantly working to keep our planet "alive". I don't know how you feel about this but it's just something I've been thinking about lately. Last week when everything was coated with frost, all day and every day, and temperatures plummeted to at least -11C, I began to think about the Ice Age and the changes in weather patterns during my lifetime.
Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution, my dear friend.
Hmmmmm
sure every thing is moving and u never know wahats going to happen
but its Ok
We must be ready for it
Take care
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
12 Jan 09
I was in England until thirty years ago and I can remember the winters then. Snow lay for weeks on end then thawed a bi then froze again. I moved to Italy in 1975 and the first years I was here we had a LOT of snow. Up until fifteen years ago then it stopped. From then on the winters got milder and for years we did not get snow in the north but they got it in the south where it should have been hotter. This year we have had snow since 26th December and now it's freezing and the snow is still there!
I too can't understand that if we are supposed to be warming up why the heck is it so darn cold again all of a sudden? 
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
I understand where you're coming from. It's as if with the rotation of the planet and its movements in the Universe that it has repeated cycles. It takes many many years to go from ice age to ice age, but I'm convinced that this happens rather than global warming only. You see, global warming would be periodical, just like the ice ages and would also come around again with the turn of the wheel of nature.
Brightest Blessings an thank you for your contribution.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
19 Jan 09
Do you mean that you see the earth going in huge cycles? If so, I agree with you. What we (mankind) does has very little to do with the earth's cycles... we're not that important. I think we have big egos to believe that WE can cause any huge difference in the earth's temperatures.
I've seen minor weather cycles, having lived within a hundred mile radius of here for most of my life. It used to snow a lot more, but I don't remember the bitter cold (although it might have been). We came through a period of milder winters, but there were a few times we got a huge amount of snow just like we did last winter. Still, we're in a drought here.
I don't think we can tell a lot from a few winters. Conclusions have to be drawn from records over hundreds of years and we don't have enough of those that are dependable to come to any real conclusion.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
23 Jan 09
I believe that we should put back what we take from the earth, too, but not in any mystical way. It's only practical common sense that we should take care of where we live and be humble enough to realize we're part of the circle of life physically speaking anyway.
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@Darkwing (21583)
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23 Jan 09
Yes, cycles which span hundreds if no thousands of years, turning through hot periods of drought through ice ages. I agree that we're not that significant in the workings of Mother Nature, but being pagan, I do believe that what we take from the Earth, we should put back, so as to aid the balance of the Earth's energies. Mother Nature will do the rest through each set of seasons. The last really hot summer I remember here was way back... 32 years ago. Since then, we haven't had a "proper" summer to speak of, so yes, I believe the cycles span a number of years, as I said previously.
Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
@deeeky (3667)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
15 Jan 09
There is a lot of truth in what you say and scientist and everyone else can have thier say whether right or wrong.
The facts speak for themselves as we all can see the effects that happen globally all throught our lives year by year. Mother nature does most of the work for us but I reckon the biggest culprits are US the human race. Whatever we take fron the earth should be recycled over and over again.
The supermarkets should not allowed to let millions take away the products that they sell for profit and turn a blind eye when the packaging is disposed of willy nilly. we should be made to take all those bottles, jars plastic etc back to them so that they can REALLY recycle the packaging.
You have crested a wonderfull discussion my friend, well done!
@Darkwing (21583)
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23 Jan 09
I feel Mother Nature does all of the work for us, but that a number of the Earth's inhabitants are too busy earning money and creating a status for themselves to notice the wonderful work She does. It was the farmers and peasants in ancient times who noticed how changes of season came about, and that the Sun and Moon followed certain paths at different times of the year because that was their livelihood. They learned when best to plant their seeds and when to harvest them, by the path of the Sun and the Moon and the effect it had on the land.
You're right... it's us who have sent the Earth off-balance so to speak, and we're a long way off putting things right but I do think that people have at last sat up and taken notice and have been educated as to how recycling and putting the good back into the Earth can help. The ancients always believed that whatever they took from the Earth should go back to the Earth, which is why burials became a routine activity. I think that most people now do their bit in recycling and energy saving... albeit a little late to completely put things to right, but if we do our bit, I'm sure Mother Nature will work a little harder for us.
Brightest Blessings and thank you for your conribution, my friend.
@fashygirl05 (16)
• Philippines
13 Jan 09
i believe in evolution! maybe it is.....
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
there's a "wheel theory" for everything that is. Consider this... one year is a very fast turning of the wheel of nature, in seasons, showing us that life goes in
Evolution, a wheel, reincarnation... it's really all the same thing, but here's my theory, for what it's worth.
My theory is that the earth turns in the much the same way as a wheel... a never-ending rotation of cycles, seasons, life and everything that is, but at a much, much slower pace, and that it turns through much longer seasons, or "weather ages". Mother Nature is a clever lady, and it is my firm belief that we spin through a cycle of weather patterns, ie, that we will eternally move through ice age to global warming and back to ice age again. Somehow, I also think the "tilt" of the earth changes so that we get these extreme changes. It takes many hundreds, maybe thousands of years before a complete turn is made, and we'll not see an ice age in our lifetime, but perhaps in the lifetimes of our great, great, great grandchildren. Scientists have also reported that although it will take hundreds of years, the hole in the ozone layer is slowly being repaired by Mother Nature, so think about it! I think mine's a reasonable theory... just my opinion, granted, but a reasonable thought anyway.
I'm a firm believer in the Wheel of the Year, a Wheel of Life and a Wheel of Nature. How do you feel? Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
19 Jan 09
I sometimes question the whole global warming thing as well, but supposedly the glaciers at the arctic are melting...but like you where you are, sure wouldn't know we were going through global warming. The past several years, we too, have had very, very mild winters and snow practically non-existent. Well all that changed just a few days ago...we plummeted down to temperatures in the teens and at night it would only be about 6-degrees with wind chill factor to make it a lot colder and we've had three snowfalls since the beginning of the year, one being just today. But yes, like everything else that follows a "cycle" or pattern, our weather changes are following some kind of pattern...could also be due to the idea that our magnetic poles are shifting again.
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@Darkwing (21583)
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23 Jan 09
I feel that the arctic glaciers will melt from time to time, for a reason, but when that cycle has served its purpose, they will reform and control the amount of water on the Earth. You, as a pagan will realise how we look at the Elements and the part they play in life... they will sort things out when Mother Nature considers the time is right.
Do you think the fact that we've had colder winters points to a warmer summer? That's how the farmers look at things, and they too are pagan in their way of thinking, as weather observations have been passed down to them through time, in order that they can get the best from their land.
Even the magnetic poles shift for a reason, and you could well be right there. Time will tell, but I fear we will not be here to welcome a new ice age! lol.
Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
23 Jan 09
LOL--yes this is the real me...heehee
Yes, indications are is that we're to have a real humdinger of a hot summer...ick!
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
12 Jan 09
This is really a tough question to answer.
From what I understand, the Global Warming can create pockets of much colder air in certain area's. Something about it's not circulating correctly, haha, can you tell I'm not a scientist? I would imagine though, that if the atmosphere (?) is not circulating like it use to, it will create havoc in years to come.
We send up all this crap into the atmosphere constantly from car emissions to bombs all over the place. Then to make matters much worse, they cut down the tree's, everywhere.
I did notice a big difference, and I know this will sound strange, but, after Desert Storm, the weather seemed to change.
Our Winters are longer, our Summers are shorter, and Spring almost doesn't even exist anymore. It goes from cold to hot (.) Even Fall is different right now. It use to last for quite a while and the leaves were gorgeous for a long time. Now, it seems in a couple weeks it's all over.
And all this "Go Green" right now should have been done many, many years ago. Like before I was born. And that's not the big issue.
I agree with you, it is a "turn of the wheel of nature", but I think "we" cranked it ourselves, pushed it, and are going to suffer the consequences along with all other living things on earth if something is not done soon. Mother Nature doesn't mess around, she'll unleash, and are we going to feel her wrath. xxxooo
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
That's right... the seasons have been changing for centuries and I think they'll change back. The earth spins constantly and moves around in the universe, and my theory is that we go from ice age to global warming and back to ice age, just like the pagan Wheel of the Year, but in much slower motion. There were no scientists to announce global warming all those thousands of years ago, but technology has advance such that we can watch the weather pattern from outer space. Scientists have already discovered that the hole in the ozone layer is repairing itself, albeit very very slowly and it will not be repaired in our lifetime but definitely way into the future. Further, we won't be here when the next ice age arrives, but I'm certain it will happen, probably during the lifetimes of our great, great, great grandchildren.
Mother Nature is a wondrous thing... we will never fully understand Her workings, but I'm always convinced that there is a wheel of nature, an ever turning cycle of all things. Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution, my dear friend. x
@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
15 Jan 09
So! Here you are on MyLot! I had never seen any discussions by you here so I thought maybe you were no longer active, and I didn't know what your username was, hehehe... that proved to be easy enough, didn't it?
That's a good idea to take those pics for Christmas cards! I have a good one for that too I think. I will post it here.
Anyway, I have decided that the weather can do whatever it wants/needs to do... I am moving to a part of the planet where the weather is the way I prefer... no warmer than 75F during the day and no cooler than 40F in the evening!
I'm sure you are right though, the planet has it's own cycles that it keeps repeating, the same way our own bodies have their cycles. But my experience here is that winters are not as harsh as they used to be. Personally I think that this has more to do with mass consciousness preferring it that way than it has to do with 'holes in the ozone' or anything like that, hehehehe.
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@Darkwing (21583)
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23 Jan 09
He he he... yes, here I am!! I wasn't hiding or anything! :)
The reason I thought I'd use the pics for Christmas Cards is that a friend took a lot of local pics in the last snowfall we had locally, and prints a different one each year for Christmas Cards. It's really nice to have local pics in the snow on your cards. So I thought I'd follow suit so to speak, but instead of having the cards printed, I'll use the decoupage method.
The place you're moving to sounds the ideal place for my body make-up. I can't stand it too hot, although 80 degrees isn't bad. I don't mind the cold too much as long as it isn't windy and wet and driving through your clothes. I love crisp, sunny, frosty mornings, with the sun glinting on the frost, and the spiders' webs creating mysterious patterns in the hedgerows.
Yeah... I don't know what they're on about, my friend. Ok, I do believe we've thrown the Earth out of balance but not enough for it to collide with the Sun, and now the majority of us are better educated in putting back into the Earth what they take out, perhaps we can put things right. There's something to be said for our pagan beliefs, huh? he he he.
Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution... now you're on my friends list, we'll probably see more of each other in here! :)
@littleowl (7157)
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14 Jan 09
Hello my dear friend..I tend to agree with you about all you have said, I remember when winters were winters and was out snowballing etc etc, when the summers were summer and also very hot, yes the seasons have changed drastically and put it down to the normal turn of Mother Earth throughout the ages, yes we are heading towards another ice age and how you explain global warming I am not sure but yes the weather has changed and even plants are adapting to it to...so will the insects and the animals..to me I find it fascinating to watch..time never stands still for no-one..hugs and brightest blessings littleowl
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@Darkwing (21583)
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23 Jan 09
I think the seasons are changing because as with the sun chaging its course slightly, (coming nearer to the Earth in the estimation of scientists) so too, is the Earth tilting and possibly altering course. I agree with your observation on plants. My roses stay well into October and even survive the first few frosts, and I've noticed with trees and some plants that they blossom in January, then die off again and re-blossom in about May time. They adapt, as you say. As for hibernating animals and insects, I have noticed that some of them stay around a lot further into the winter months. It's strange, but again, I feel it's all the work of Mother Nature, and is inline with the tilting and rotation of the Earth and the planets around us in the solar system. After all, when ancient Egyptians first started to calculat "time" and understand seasons and such, one of the first things they noticed was that the Nile flooded at a certain time each year. We still have floods and we still have forest fires... it's all down to Nature, I guess. I don't hold with all the global warming stuff at all... my feeling is we turn through different "ages", repeatedly. Who's to say the hole in the ozone layer wasn't there thousands and thousands of years ago, yet never discovered?
No, time will never stand still... the wheel will continue! Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
13 Jan 09
Going by the type of warm winter we have had at Calcutta for the past few years, I am more inclined to believe in the global warming theory. Winter has never been harsh in Calcutta when compared to the temperate regions. However, we have had the minimum temperature hovering around 7 to 9 degrees celcius for maybe a few weeks and that left us shivering. That was how I remembered my childhood winters. While I do not remember all the winters, what I do remember is that last year it was not so harsh and this year, it feels like its already spring! I dislike winter for a very many reasons but even I am appalled at the lack of chill in the air. Its infact so hot, that we could need the fan, even at night. Though we haven’t switched it on yet, its distinctly uncomfortable right now. Tomorrow we have Sankranti i.e. a festival to mark the beginning of the sun’s journey back to our hemisphere and this day is supposed to be real cold. It does happen that way with winds blowing hard enough to shiver you down to your bones…but this year I think we’ll have a warm Sankranti!
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
I don't disagree that there's global warming at the moment, but what I'm saying is that the wheel of nature turns and the different stages of earth conditions changes. I think we're approaching another ice age when we get past the global warming stage. I don't disbelieve scientists' theories, but what I'm saying is the earth turns and moves in the universe. We know there was an ice age and we know there was the time of the dinosaurs when the land was hot and dry, but the earth spins and moves its position and although it's a slow process, I believe the different stages of weather conditions go around and come back around. Scientist have already observed that the hole in the ozone layer is repairing itself, albeit very slowly, so should we do anything differently? I agree that cutting down too many trees without replanting and various chemicals released into the air are harmful, but all we can do is cease the destruction and let the hole heal itself, as we are unable to physically repair it.
Food for thought anyway and I respect your opinion... thank you for that, and Brightest Blessings.
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Seasons come and seasons go, much like television. I don't think that the earth is getting hotter or any other BS that people want to make me belive. There are basically 4 seasons, one of them doesn't over power the other because as long as the earth is turning on its axis it will get hot, cold, warm and mild all in one year.
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@Darkwing (21583)
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23 Jan 09
What you say is true, but still, there is a weather change or season shift, or something going on, whichever way you look at it. You can't escape that there was a period of drought and earthquakes and a period called the ice age where everything was frozen over. You might like to live in an ideal world where everything stays the same but I'm afraid that's not going to last forever, my friend.
Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
@ronacruz2007 (650)
• Philippines
13 Jan 09
i agree so much with your observation . I guess it happens not only in your country but to all countries as well. Here in the Philippines we are experiencing the same changes like yours. Now , it is very cold here ( i mean it doesnt happen in January usually December but now my gosh it is so cold ). But come March to june it will be so warm that i can hardly sleep at night because it is to warm.
GLobal warming , i guess is the price we have to pay for all the things we done to earth . It is pay back time for the earth!
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
It seems to be happening all around the world, my friend. Whatever weather anybody gets is in the extreme and a lot of people are noticing it to be so.
Consider this... one year is a very fast turning of the wheel of nature, in seasons, showing us that life goes in cycles... right? Well, my theory is that the earth turns in the same way, but at a much, much slower pace, and that it turns through much longer seasons, or "weather ages". Mother Nature is a clever lady, and it is my firm belief that we spin through a cycle of weather patterns, ie, that we will eternally move through ice age to global warming and back to ice age again.
Somehow, I also think the "tilt" of the earth changes so that we get these extreme weather conditions, and constant changes. It takes many hundreds, maybe thousands of years before a complete turn is made, and we'll not see an ice age in our lifetime, but perhaps in the lifetimes of our great, great, great grandchildren. Scientists have also reported that although it will take hundreds of years, the hole in the ozone layer is slowly being repaired by Mother Nature, but I still feel we need to do our bit in caring for the earth.
Something to think about anyway, my friend. I'm a firm believer in the Wheel of the Year, a Wheel of Life and a Wheel of Nature. Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.
@deborahkat (519)
• Brazil
13 Jan 09
For sure there were changes in the weather here. My country is suffering now with lots of rain, people dying, loosing their houses and so on. Here where I live is getting hotter and hotter every year. I remember when I was a child it was not sooo hot like now. We never had big nature disasters in Brazil like we are having now. Everything is changing. Things we never saw here are happening now. And I have to say this is not very nice :-(
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@Darkwing (21583)
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23 Jan 09
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about the problems of your country. Natural disasters are devastating things, resulting in the loss of many lives and I really feel for you and your countryfolk.
Our summers are cooler than they were thirty years ago... in fact, much cooler and we too have much rain, but then, we always have. It's caused floods in recent years though, so there must be a larger rainfall. Perhaps it's that we live in the Northern Hemisphere and you mainly, in the Southern. I don't know, but I can just imagine as it worsens, people clamouring to find a central point to live.
Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution, if somewhat sad. I appreciate it. x
@newuser_99 (377)
• Nepal
13 Jan 09
yes, i think its' global warming.I agree with others/scientists
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@liguansheng (63)
• China
13 Jan 09
I very much am also afraid,I listen to the scientific conclusion am:Its global character warming`````
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@Darkwing (21583)
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13 Jan 09
I don't think you have a reason to be scared yourself because it's a long, long process, but any children you might have need to be made aware of the dangers and indeed to pass on that awareness to their children because they're capable of slowing down the process and giving the hole in the ozone layer time to heal.
The way I see it, is that the rotation of the planet and its movements in the Universe causes repeated cycles. It takes many many years to go from ice age to ice age, but I'm convinced that this happens rather than global warming only. You see, global warming would be periodical, just like the ice ages and would also come around again with the turn of the wheel of nature.
Brightest Blessings an thank you for your contribution.
