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I see that it's snowing on the forum. It' a pleasant effect and nicely seasonal for many of us in the northern hemisphere.It gave me a moment of confusion, though.Where I am (a couple of hours' drive NNW of Tokyo), the weather forecasters have been suggesting that some snow might not be too far off.Right now I'm using a laptop set up with a large window behind it, and when I logged into the forum and encountered snow I did a double-take of sorts: I had to check to confirm whethrr I was looking a…

LOL!That's what nighttime temperatures are sometimes like here in mid-summer (in a city that has several times set a record for hottest temperatures in Japan).I did have folks like yourself living in the warmer parts of the northern hemisphere in mind when I said(Quote from Balefire)..."many" but certainly not anywhere near "all".Enjoy the warm weather; I envy you...at least, I do now when it's cold here.You might find it interesting that any night here in Japan with a temperature of 25 Celsius …

Enjoy the Christmas BBQ!For a while, I was seriously considering buying a house in New Zealand, keeping my house in Japan, and spending the warm half of each year in the appropriate hemisphere. Various life issues caused me to revise my plans, but I might still do that eventually. NZ is a beautiful country, and I have friends there, so an "endless spring/summer" might still be in my future.

(Quote from Ajay)Thanks, Ajay, for making me feel warm in comparison!

Iliyan, around where I live it also now snows around February if at all.When I first came to the area in the early '70s, a white Christmas was entirely possible.just the other day the temperature in Tokyo was around +20, very unseasonably warm, surprising and even dismaying us old-timers.This forum snow might be the only snow I see this year.