The thing that constantly amazes me is the number of people that live in places which HISTORICALLY have harsh winters and do precious little to either prepare for or (maybe more importantly) move to more “temperate” environs and do nothing but twist and shout about how hard it is to live there(here). Deal with it!
I enjoy having the constant game of seasonal chess which requires cleaning gutters, clearing snow, suffering sunburn and, LOVING the Great Lakes!
I’m happy to deal with some of the “off time” to have the good ones! I have grandchildren close by and I wouldn’t trade that for never needing to deal with Michigan winters to my dying day. I‘ve said it before, I’m a lucky Grandpa!
I must admit, I have installed leaf filter gutter guards which has eliminated one seasonal miseries.