It has been so hot here that it has only really started to feel like fall this week. There was a clear change in temperatures at night and in the early morning, and the leaves have suddenly started to change. I have also been doing a lot of bottling. Pears with my friend Ashley, and some tomato chutney and apple preserves here at home.
As I hung our coats, gloves, hats, and woollen undershirts in the sun to get some air today, I tried not to feeling a sense of foreboding I often feel about the impending long cold wintry months. Instead, I have compiled a list of good things about this coming winter and I see there really are a lot of things to look forward to after the nice fall weather ends.
1. Snow. Rolling BabyBird in the snow. Snow.
2. Hot chocolate with snow outside (and all wintry type foods).
3. Having our own car during cold weather. NeatO.
4. Alana and Marshall's wedding in Seattle (and our trip to Portland to visit Sandi and her hubby).
5. Christmas with friends (Alana's family).
6. Spending time with my brother and his wife.
7. Our first Christmas as a family of three.
8. Late January, BabyBird and I are flying home to NZ for a whole month. And well. That's cheating. Because I'm putting some summer into my winter.
Things aren't looking pretty nice.
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ReplyDeleteWow so neat to hear Alana has found her man and they're getting married!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to them from us!!