Weather: Warmer than a cooler

I usually figure that 44 degrees and colder is "cold" because that's the temperature they set for grocery cooler sections -- and if you've ever stood in one, stocking the shelves, your fingers get cold and then numb. (I've also cleaned buckets of smelt in 50-degree water outdoors, much to the same effect.) So this morning as I walked Molley to a temp in the mid- to upper-40s, I was wearing my usual jeans jams and flip-flops. I waved to a woman on the sidewalk who would pass near us.

Woman: "Aren't your feet cold?"
Self (shrug): "Nah." (pause) "It's cold for Texas."
Woman: "Where are you from?"
Self: "Minnesota."
Woman (laugh): "Ah, then this is just a cool breeze!"
Self: "Yeah."

No frost, though. Pooh. Then we went back in.