Fall here, Spring there

Flying solo out here, night number 3.  So far so good, I'm hoping for some sun tomorrow so I can take the kids down to the pool.  Speaking of which, I was recently thinking about the weather.  Here in Brazil it was rather cool yesterday, mid 60s -- similar to the the weather back in MI this time of year right?

I quickly observed that everyone here was dressed as if a blizzard was on its way -- thick jackets, scarves, boots, etc -- then I thought about what it's like when the weather hits the 60s in MI for the first time of the year.  A switch goes off and all at once the armchair quarterbacks automatically transition their wardrobe over to their favorite summer cargo shorts, everyone's outside in tee shirts getting things done, one guy down the street will bust out the lawn mower to trim his lawn down by the 1mm it's grown for the year, maybe an ice cream truck will hit the streets, the list goes on.  Where we live there really isn't a significant transition during the seasons, at least not for us.  The other Brazilians clearly notice the difference though , breaking out the winter clothes to tough out the peak cold months where the average temperatures are 55-70. Maybe they are just excited to be able to wear a different style of clothing, I don't know.  I guess it's all about the internal thermostat -- cold here is 55, cold in MI is 15.