Comments on: Down comforter http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Les http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6713 Les Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:14:34 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6713 I dig the ice, man. I dig the ice, man.

]]> By: robin andrea http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6712 robin andrea Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:41:56 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6712 We had to stop using our goose-down comforter because it simply provided too much warmth. I think I would have preferred the lighter-weight model, but ours was a gift and that was that. I like a cold night, window wide open and pile of blankets and quilts almost too heavy to pull up. Some people say we shouldn't sleep with the window open in winter, but that cold air is so soporific, it's hard to give it up. Beautiful photos, dave. No ice here in Santa Cruz, and yours is a lovely view. We had to stop using our goose-down comforter because it simply provided too much warmth. I think I would have preferred the lighter-weight model, but ours was a gift and that was that. I like a cold night, window wide open and pile of blankets and quilts almost too heavy to pull up. Some people say we shouldn’t sleep with the window open in winter, but that cold air is so soporific, it’s hard to give it up.

Beautiful photos, dave. No ice here in Santa Cruz, and yours is a lovely view.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6711 Dave Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:08:50 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6711 leslee - Yeah, I can see where a cover might be too much. The manufacturer recommends using one to extend the lifetime of the product, but I have this sneaking suspicion that the manufacturer also makes the covers... Jennifer and marja-leena - Thanks for the kind words about my photos. Believe it or not, this post wasn't going to be about the comforter, but after staring at the top two photos (which I did just take yesterday) for some time, that's what they reminded me of. One of the (few) benefits of being single, I guess, is that one never has to fight over blankets or thermostat! leslee – Yeah, I can see where a cover might be too much. The manufacturer recommends using one to extend the lifetime of the product, but I have this sneaking suspicion that the manufacturer also makes the covers…

Jennifer and marja-leena – Thanks for the kind words about my photos. Believe it or not, this post wasn’t going to be about the comforter, but after staring at the top two photos (which I did just take yesterday) for some time, that’s what they reminded me of.

One of the (few) benefits of being single, I guess, is that one never has to fight over blankets or thermostat!

]]> By: marja-leena http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6710 marja-leena Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:32:51 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6710 I married into a down-duvet-using family so I know of what you speak. Usually too warm for me though. Some stores sell different weights or warmths and I would have chosen a lighter one, but 'he' likes it warmer. It sure was toasty when the power and heat were off! But what I really want to say, Dave - I absolutely LOVE the top two photos !! I married into a down-duvet-using family so I know of what you speak. Usually too warm for me though. Some stores sell different weights or warmths and I would have chosen a lighter one, but ‘he’ likes it warmer. It sure was toasty when the power and heat were off!

But what I really want to say, Dave – I absolutely LOVE the top two photos !!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6709 Jennifer Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:08:18 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6709 Oh, I love my down comforter... though like leslee, i have to stick my feet out sometimes for comfort control. I also love your photos. Oh, I love my down comforter… though like leslee, i have to stick my feet out sometimes for comfort control. I also love your photos.

]]> By: leslee http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6708 leslee Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:04:16 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6708 I find my down comforter too warm, but maybe I haven't tried sticking limbs out into the cold. Partly I think it's the duvet cover that traps more heat and doesn't breathe enough, because when I just used a "naked" down comforter I don't recall it being so warm. I gave up and use three layers of blankets, peeling and adding as needed (the princess and the pea's got nothing on me). Stay warm! I find my down comforter too warm, but maybe I haven’t tried sticking limbs out into the cold. Partly I think it’s the duvet cover that traps more heat and doesn’t breathe enough, because when I just used a “naked” down comforter I don’t recall it being so warm. I gave up and use three layers of blankets, peeling and adding as needed (the princess and the pea’s got nothing on me). Stay warm!

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6707 Dave Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:00:15 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6707 suzanne - That sounds like quite a link to your past - to still be warmed at night by your mother's own hands! Wow. maria - You're right. I ended up extruding an arm last night. David Harmon - Thanks. <a href="http://woodrat.shutterchance.com/photoblog/ice_bubbles_/" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> a horizontal version of the ice closeup shot. Joan - Thanks for the light verse! I'm sure you're right about the perils of satin covers. Fortunately, mine didn't come with one. Pica - I don't have the best circulation in the world - and yes, I do like to keep the house pretty cold at night. marlyat2 - I'd definitely buy pillows and comforters stuffed with down from snow geese and invasive mute swans. Damn things are a nuisance, albeit beautiful. I do appreciate your <a href="http://thepalaceat2.blogspot.com/2007/12/16-things-i-learned-from-guest-editing.html" rel="nofollow">blogging about qarrtsiluni</a> (except for the part about me being cantankerous, which was entirely baseless and absurd). suzanne – That sounds like quite a link to your past – to still be warmed at night by your mother’s own hands! Wow.

maria – You’re right. I ended up extruding an arm last night.

David Harmon – Thanks. Here’s a horizontal version of the ice closeup shot.

Joan – Thanks for the light verse! I’m sure you’re right about the perils of satin covers. Fortunately, mine didn’t come with one.

Pica – I don’t have the best circulation in the world – and yes, I do like to keep the house pretty cold at night.

marlyat2 – I’d definitely buy pillows and comforters stuffed with down from snow geese and invasive mute swans. Damn things are a nuisance, albeit beautiful.

I do appreciate your blogging about qarrtsiluni (except for the part about me being cantankerous, which was entirely baseless and absurd).

]]> By: marlyat2 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6706 marlyat2 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:47:45 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6706 I say they were feathers of snow geese and swans, with a few bits of mating plumage from egrets. So they are, so they will stay. By hook, by crook, and by 3rd-day magic. Just this instant put up my "things I learned from editing Q-looney" post. And shall add more as I think of them. I say they were feathers of snow geese and swans, with a few bits of mating plumage from egrets. So they are, so they will stay. By hook, by crook, and by 3rd-day magic.

Just this instant put up my “things I learned from editing Q-looney” post. And shall add more as I think of them.

]]> By: Pica http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6705 Pica Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:39:41 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6705 My only question would be: why the blankets? (Unless it gets to about freezing inside your house?) My only question would be: why the blankets?

(Unless it gets to about freezing inside your house?)

]]> By: Joan http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/down-comforter/#comment-6704 Joan Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:30:43 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/12/26/down-comforter/#comment-6704 A Slick Answer Down comforters were all the rage When I was just a tad. It's nice to see they have endured Mid polyester fad. The warmth and softness of the things Are really undeniable. They'll last through many winters And they're perfectly reliable. The ones with 'satin' covers though I very much deplore Cause you'll wake up every morning With your 'comfort' on the floor. P.S. The photos are gorgeous! A Slick Answer

Down comforters were all the rage
When I was just a tad.
It’s nice to see they have endured
Mid polyester fad.

The warmth and softness of the things
Are really undeniable.
They’ll last through many winters
And they’re perfectly reliable.

The ones with ‘satin’ covers though
I very much deplore
Cause you’ll wake up every morning
With your ‘comfort’ on the floor.

P.S. The photos are gorgeous!

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