Season of Self-Expression
It's winter and here I am in the garden in the rain. Reasons I love winter:
Rain.
Lighting the fire and gazing at it for hours.
Putting all the blankets on the bed. Flannelette sheets. Waking up in the morning under layers of heavy blankets inside a cocoon of fluffy sheets.
Hot chocolate.
Soup.
Baking bread.
Stomping through the bush in big boots and my rain coat.
Chopping wood.
Pink sunsets and dawns. Dawns that happen at a reasonable time of the day for appreciating.
These are all sterling qualities of winter. But the absolutely best part of winter is not feeling compelled to:
Depilate.
Wear a bra.
Use deodorant.
Shower every day.
Alongside my ongoing lack of interest in wearing make up or dyeing my hair, this means that winter is the season that just lets me be me. Thanks, winter.
Comments
Patricia/USA
I'm a new reader, (thanks to Fran Pimblett) and I loved that post. You've just made me appreciate winter like I never have before and for all the same reasons. Thank you.
And wind. I know that puts me in a small minority, but I love to walk in a good blustery wind.
Thanks for the positives, Jo.
Linda in NZ
I love the cold, rigging up, snuggling up or filling up on carbs and hot beverages. It's the best.
Cheers Kate
Anna, hibernating is a goal of mine. One day I will have my life arranged so it is possible:)
Fran, I know you really are Mary Poppins. I'm sure she didn't shave either. She would have thought it preposterous. I am so excited about your sour dough experiments, although I am failing with visulaising the muesli.. and, i can totally see you up the tree strangling the rooster. I think that rooster had better look out..
Bev, welcome, thanks to the lovely Fran! I have to admit that winter ticks a lot of boxes for me:)
Meg, dogs, cats and small children, all of them have inexorable inner breakfast clocks..
Linda, I am not keen on wind except in small doses and only if I have my windproof jacket on.. wind and wild rain on a winter afternoon while I am inside in front of the fire - that is the best way to enjoy wind.
Kate, mmm, winter carbs. And all those layers of clothes that hide the effects of the winter carbs..