ɪꜰ ɢʟoʙaʟ warmɪnɢ were a ᴛʜɪnɢ, exᴘʟaɪn ᴛo me wʜʏ mosᴛ oꜰ ᴛʜe oʟᴅ anᴅ oꜰᴛen ꜰaʟʟɪnɢ aᴘarᴛ ʙuɪʟᴅɪnɢs ɪ see ɪn ruraʟ croaᴛɪa seem ᴛo ʜave ʙeen ʙuɪʟᴛ ꜰor warmer weaᴛʜer.

noᴛ onʟʏ ɪs ᴛʜe ᴛʜermaʟ eꜰꜰɪcɪencʏ nonexɪsᴛenᴛ, ᴛʜe ʙuɪʟᴅɪnɢ maᴛerɪaʟs, ᴛʜe ʙrɪcᴋworᴋ, ᴛʜe waʟʟs, ᴛʜe morᴛar veneers (wʜaᴛ are ᴛʜose caʟʟeᴅ? aʜ ʏes, renᴅer) are ᴅecaʏɪnɢ raᴘɪᴅʟʏ wɪᴛʜ ᴛʜe ɪncreaseᴅ ʜumɪᴅɪᴛʏ anᴅ wɪnᴛer coʟᴅ.

ᴛʜese are noᴛ sɪɢns oꜰ ɪncreasɪnɢ ᴛemᴘeraᴛure, ᴛʜe comᴘʟeᴛe ᴘoʟar oᴘᴘosɪᴛe. ɪᴛ's ɢeᴛᴛɪnɢ coʟᴅer.

ʏes, maʏʙe ᴛʜe wooᴅ was noᴛ so warᴘeᴅ on ᴛʜe wɪnᴅow anᴅ ᴅoor seaʟs, anᴅ even, ʏou can see ᴛʜaᴛ ᴛʜeʏ cʟearʟʏ were carveᴅ ꜰor eꜰꜰecᴛɪve seaʟɪnɢ, aᴛ one ᴘoɪnᴛ, ʙuᴛ as ᴛʜe waᴛer ɢoᴛ ᴛʜrouɢʜ ᴛʜe coaᴛɪnɢs ɪᴛ's aʟʟ over, noᴛʜɪnɢ mesʜes ᴛoɢeᴛʜer ᴘroᴘerʟʏ anʏmore, ᴛʜe ɢʟass ᴘuᴛᴛʏ seaʟɪnɢ ɪs ʙasɪcaʟʟʏ aʟʟ ᴅecaʏeᴅ, anᴅ ᴛʜe wooᴅ suᴘᴘorᴛɪnɢ ᴛʜe ᴛɪʟeᴅ rooꜰs are raᴘɪᴅʟʏ ᴅecaʏɪnɢ unᴅer ᴛʜe ᴅamᴘ conᴅɪᴛɪons.

ɪꜰ ᴛʜɪs were ʜow ᴛʜeʏ were ʙuɪʟᴛ, anᴅ ᴛʜe weaᴛʜer was coʟᴅ anᴅ ᴅamᴘ ʟɪᴋe ɪᴛ ɪs now, ᴛʜe ᴘeoᴘʟe wouʟᴅ ʜave ʙeen ꜰreezɪnɢ ᴛo ᴅeaᴛʜ ɪn ꜰeʙruarʏ, ʙuᴛ ᴛʜaᴛ's noᴛ ʜow ɪᴛ ʜaᴘᴘeneᴅ.