by Mary Wakefield Buxton –
URBANNA, Va. — It’s warm now in Florida but January and February in the Sunshine State are often cold and windy, even as far south as Naples. We were prepared with a supply of winter clothes as when the temperature dips in Virginia, it drops like stone in Florida too. We had days when the lows were in the 40s and when one throws in cold wind blowing off the Gulf, one better have a ski jacket on with gloves, hat and scarf.
Ironically, if the sun comes out on a cold day, one also has to add a sun visor because tropical sun will still burn skin. I concocted a new look by donning a wide brim straw hat under my ski coat hood. I looked a bit odd but at my age, who cares?
