Compare and Contrast

Go and have a look at today's post on nada mas respira ...

The weather here, in contrast, is cold, wet and miserable.

The picture below doesn't really show it, but there is currently some sharp, bitingly cold sleet falling from the sky. Ms Dogwood is at home today with a cold, and we've just had some chilli noodles with peanut butter and west indian hot pepper sauce to try and warm us up a bit. Time to turn the central heating up a notch, I think ...