It’s just so nice outside today.
I spent the morning with several cups of coffee and a pair of binoculars. It’s so great this time of year to just sit outside and watch the critters do their thing. What’s even better is the fact that the heat pump is quiet. This way, I can hear the birds and focus my binoculars to catch a glimpse of maybe a hawk or some other cool bird. For sure, this is the only sort of winter that I would ever embrace. Our heat pump is fully capable of providing all the heating we need. It’s just that we don’t need much heating and so the heat pump stays quiet. But that’s a good thing as it needs its rest after spending more than eight months cooling the house. I simply can’t imagine what it would be like around here without the heat pump. But some 70 years ago, there was nothing out there like residential HVAC. The heat pump wasn’t introduced residentially until the 1950s. I can remember my grandfather talking about living through our summers without any sort of air conditioning. It sounded pretty cool to a little kid because my grandfather grew up on a farm. The idea of getting up at three in the morning and getting all your chores done was intriguing when I was 10 years old. But the reality of trying to live in this region without air conditioning is something that boggles my mind as an adult. Thankfully, the HVAC professionals give my heat pump consistent, seasonal HVAC maintenance so I don’t have to worry at all.