A Midwest Winter

So far, this Midwest wintertime is truthful to form.  Cloudy, cold, damp conditions has dominated my calendar month inward Central Missouri in addition to is forecast to persist until I render to Colorado adjacent weekend.  Caught betwixt Canadian mutual frigidity fronts in addition to warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, this portion is known for its unpleasant winters.

The humid air in addition to a dearth of sunshine brand the mutual frigidity air experience colder in addition to a low, grayness overcast makes it await colder than the thermometer mightiness indicate.  The large shade trees, in addition to therefore colorful inward October, are straight off barren in addition to their brown, soggy leaves clog our gutters in addition to downspouts.  Snow, oftentimes mixed alongside rain, provides the natural beauty of this season, at to the lowest degree until its gray, slushy piles job our streets in addition to parking lots.

While nosotros may last unable to avoid the Midwest wintertime weather, nosotros tin escape to the woods in addition to wetlands, where our wild neighbors in addition to seasonal visitors are unfazed past times the conditions.  After all, their survival depends on that mental attitude and, fortunately for us, their cheerfulness in addition to optimism is contagious.