Today was the winter’s first BPC Day: a day so cold, I wore my Big Puffy Coat.
I’ve lived in New England long enough, I have a closet full of winter coats. There’s the green fleece jacket I wear when the temperature is in the 40s and 50s, the pink jacket I wear when the temperature is in the 30s, the mid-length brown coat I wear when the temperature is in the 20s, and the Mother of All Coats: a purple, full-length down coat I wear when the temperature is in the teens, single digits, and below.
My Big Puffy Coat is as warm and cumbersome as a down comforter: imagine walking around swaddled in all your bedding. It has a hood, which I typically wear over a knit beret: on BPC Days, it takes a hat and a hood to stay warm.
If I zip my BPC all the way up, I don’t need a scarf, as the collar covers my throat and chin…and since my BPC has deep, fleece-lined pockets, I can get away with wearing thin knit gloves instead of thick Bernie mittens.
It was 8 degrees when I walked Roxy this morning, but tomorrow the temperature is supposed to rise to the mid-30s, and on Thursday we’ll enjoy a 40-degree thaw.
This means I’ll repeatedly swap one coat for another over the next few days: not only do I have a closet full of winter coats, each one has a hat in the sleeve and a pair of gloves and a roll of dog-poop bags in the pockets. It’s important to be prepared for whatever weather any given dog-walk brings.
Jan 11, 2022 at 7:42 pm
We are expecting highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s (above the freezing point) the next three days. I still remember the four cold winters in South Bend (Indiana) during my undergraduate years, along with three in Chicago after graduation. Stay warm!
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Jan 18, 2022 at 11:13 am
The question is, does Roxy also have a BPC? (In addition to her natural one!) Olga doesn’t have a man-made coat, but then, it’s not as cold here.
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Jan 18, 2022 at 11:15 am
No coat for Roxy. She relies upon her natural fur, so we walk only as far as she will tolerate.
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