Spring has Sprung in Tennessee

We just celebrated our 4^th month anniversary in Middle Tennessee and thanks to it being Leap Year it happened on the 29^th of February.  This has been an unusually warm winter here in Tennessee and the last day of February was no exception with Severe Thunderstorms and Tornados hopping around the area.

The past two days have been warmer than usual for March with 84 degrees today and winds up to 60 miles an hour.  Even as I type this entry, there are Tornado warnings for the counties just south of us. Being a weather watcher, it has been a wonderful few days for me, even as I sat in my office working, watching the trees outside my window swaying  in the wind gust was hypnotizing.  The best thing about living here for me is the weather is constantly changing. I was always bored with the usual boring Sunny hot days in South Florida. The only season that excited me was Hurricane season, just the possibility of some interesting storms.

I grew up in this general area as a child and back then there were very different weather patterns. The seasons were fairly predictable.  Now it appears to be no set season for such weather.  This year we have gone from 20’s to 50’s at night and 40’s to 70’s during the day in a 24 hour period.   To date, we have not had any major Winter storms, with no ice or snow.  Actually, it has been a boring winter but Springs is holding great promise.

 March appears to be entering with a Roar this year, and frankly I am thrilled to be able to sit here and watch the storms rolling in over the hills and valleys.  I have also found living above a large river also offers us unique weather conditions, watching the fog rise from the river and roll over the ridge of the bluff into the back yard, is so relaxing to me.   

True it has only been 120 days but Tennessee is still a great place to live in my hillbilly opinion..

The One Thing That is Guaranteed

I am a weather watcher and just being outside watching the clouds is such a relaxing and invigorating thing for me mentally.

As everyone knows 99% of the year, it is hot, humid and Sunny especially in South Florida. When I lived in Florida, I was a walking dripping sweat machine. I could not walk out of my house without a handkerchief in my pocket to wipe my head dry every few minutes.   I was constantly in a state of wetness from my over productive sweat glands.  I really don’t care for constant hot weather and yet I lived there for over 20 years. Go Figure...

It has been nearly 90 days since we relocated to Clarksville, Tennessee from South Florida.   I can say it is heaven for me here in Tennessee. Of course, moving here during the fall and winter months was the right time to do it. I have yet to walk out of my house and immediately break out in a sweat. I have not had to use my collection of handkerchiefs since arriving.  What a pleasure to walk around outside and not be dripping sweat.

I grew up in the Midwest and it is a pleasure to be back in the area where Season changes can be seen and felt. Not like in South Florida where if you did not have a calendar you would not know whether it was summer or winter.  

Just this week as Paul and I were out walking the dogs as usual I was watching the clouds because we were expecting a quick change in weather.  We started the week in the 20’s with a dusting of snow to nearly 70 and tornados/thunderstorms.  I remembered something my grandmother would say to us kids when we complained about something-“the only thing that is guaranteed in life was that the weather will change”.  Here in Tennessee that can mean AM versus PM weather. The Midwest has not changed much since my childhood and I can honestly say I could not be happier.