wintery thoughts

It's getting COLD here. Just like that, winter's here. Our sort of winter anyway. The kind where you can be in a t-shirt walking to the shops during the day, then bundled up in jackets and leaning against a chill wind the moment the sun sets.

I feel the change of seasons and have begun to make winter plans.

I sure don't intend for us to hibernate!

I plan…

to build a winter garden

to walk everywhere, bundled up and beanied if we have to be

to catch buses to unknown destinations!

to walk the dog with friends

to climb the dunes at the beach, even if it makes our noses run in the cold

to fly kites (well, to buy kites, then fly them)

to make lots and lots of hot chocolates

to go to the library, even Often-er than before

to visit for whole days with friends,

just letting time go by

to go by train to the big smoke

and see art galleries and look up at the skyscrapers

to leave the learning to life and flow

and not force it when the sky is grey and motivation is missing

to live!

to skip in whatever sun we have, whether it's weak and watery or

blazing in a wind-whipped sky

to enjoy this new time…

with every thing

we have in us.

this time last year…

Bliss.