balminess

But, when the weather kicked it up to something like balminess last week I craved raw, leafy greens.

I Know I'm a Ceasar Salad Addict Sarah Lenz 2009

Less true is that the balminess of late May was setting me up for failure.

Memorial Day Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Katherine Wheelock 2011

One morning, however, finding that my path lay through a deep wood, I ventured to continue my journey after the sun had risen; the day, which was one of the first of spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the balminess of the air.

Chapter 16 2010

Everything seemed frosty and pinched, just as the cutting air did after the warm balminess of California.

THE PRODIGAL FATHER 2010

"I put saffron in my milk every morning," says Mr. Serrano, 61 years old, speaking in late September, when the hot La Mancha sun and the cool fall winds combined for a brief period of balminess.

The Purple Gold of La Mancha J. S. Marcus 2011

But, when the weather kicked it up to something like balminess last week I craved raw, leafy greens.

Archive 2009-04-01 Sarah Lenz 2009

The balminess of yesterday was a tonic to this winter weary soul.

Magic « Fairegarden 2010

But this evening as he came out of the Ministry the balminess of the April air had tempted him.

Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

But this evening as he came out of the Ministry the balminess of the April air had tempted him.

Nineteen Eighty-four 2008

In my case I will not miss mosquitos the size of my head, and the general balminess that surrounds me.

May 2008 - SpouseBUZZ 2008