Finding romance in the winter in old-time, and modern Phoenix


In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, well in most parts of the country, but not really in old-time, or modern Phoenix, Arizona. The seasons are kinda turned around in Phoenix, and the nice weather begins in October, and lasts through the winter.

Of course romance can find you at any time of the year, it's just more comfortable in the winter in Phoenix, and back before air conditioning was common, it also meant that the winter is when most people were in town. I'm serious here, back in those days during the summer Phoenix was pretty much empty - only people who had no choice stayed there in the summer. It's always been crazy hot in Phoenix!

And it's always been deliciously comfortable in Phoenix in the winter, and that's when the population expands with winter visitors, and you also see your neighbors who have suffered through the summer go outside, maybe walking their dog. And who's that girl? Someone's niece? How does my hair look?

Speaking for myself, I've always been an outdoorsy kinda guy, and my preference has always been to see a lovely lass "a-coming through the rye" on a beautiful sunny day. Even the winter grass is prettier than the stuff that they grow in the summer! Summer grass is called "bermuda", and winter grass is called "rye".


I also find the swimming attire of women to be very fetching, and can you blame me? I like the tall one, which one do you like? What? The black-and-tan? Very funny. Ah, love is in the air, it's winter in Phoenix, Arizona.

Thank you for the encouragement! If you want to see daily pics of my adventures on my recumbent trike in suburban Phoenix (just for fun, of course!) you can follow me on buymeacoffee.com/bradhall, and you can buy me a coffee if you'd like to!

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