The weather is always talked about in this country and we just recently shifted the discussion from the Wind Chill to the Humidex. Since the conversations generally consist of bitching, moaning and complaining, I thought I would share the sentiments expressed about the Canadian climate by a fellow in 1866 - before both air conditioning and central heating.
“The climate is as healthy as it is delightful, at all seasons : whether in the glorious days of summer, when ruby-throated humming-birds flit from flower to flower ; in the glowing autumn, when tints of brightness unknown in other lands invest the forest with their gorgeous mantle; in the dreamy softness of that wonderful period called the "Indian summer;" or in the clear glistening winter, with its sparkling fields of pure snow, its cloudless blue skies, and merry sleigh-bells.”
Source: The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada… Major W. Ross
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