Cold air means dry air. Dry air means my nose is more prone to bleeding. The blood thinners I am on make the bleeds long and messy. After nearly a week of coping with nosebleeds, including an evening trip to the ER after one really bad day late last week, I decided to chance a walk yesterday evening. I kept a bunch of paper towel and the plastic nose-pinchy thing in a coat pocket just in case my tap turned back on.
The walk went well and it felt lovely. I enjoyed the few Christmas decorations that were left turned on, but they were few and far between as I walked between 11 pm and 1 am. I do wish people would leave them on overnight.
It was foggy out. Really foggy and everything was covered with rime frost again. I looked for opportunities for good frost photos on my route, but the lighting never worked out for any. Isn’t that always the way? I did remember to use Night Mode on my Samsung phone for the few images I got, and they turned out in much higher quality because of it.
The night’s big win was my heated gauntlets. The cold wind was not letting up and my mildly arthritic fingers were starting to hurt. I have learned that if I wait fifteen minutes for the initial chill to pass, my body will often relent and allow some circulation back to my hands, negating the coldness. Not last night. I turned my gloves on medium and a minute later all was good again. My fingers warmed up and the ache went away.
A pleasant walk in cold air with pretty lights isn’t bad at all, especially when your hands are nice and warm in a -20C wind chill. It’s always great to end the day on a thankful note.
Image from my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra.
