This thread is great. Exactly what I needed to read to get me dressing winters a little bit less. I grew up in Canada but after 10+ years in Australia we will be returning to the great white north to build our homestead (instead of just dabbling in it as we have been).
The way you've all framed wintertime as a welcome change of pace in being able to rest and take up hobbies that there is no time for in summer actually has me almost looking forward to winters again (easy enough to say as someone who hasn't experienced one in 10 years lol). But I have long mentioned how I miss the change of pace that comes with winter.
I'll have to turn this thread into list I can print out and refer to often when I'm regretting the move. I think making a weekly goal of getting outside to do something fun (sledding, skating, snowshoeing, skiing, ice fishing etc) will be a good idea too.
