Haha. I lived in AZ for a 2 year break from winter (great grad program). I felt a bit balmy to be moving back to the cold north but it's where my heart is....and my perennial garden. I did garden in AZ and went to the Tucson Bot Garden every Sunday morning in order to stay there that long. I miss the light and the scents from AZ at times but I would miss New England all the time. One of my fav things that happens in winter here is how 30 degrees is so cold at first and then it seems like hot weather after weeks in the teens or below. I bet I would feel like putting on shorts for 45 degrees. Some of the teens at school do it!!
Ursula, cootesii goes on the wishlist.
