“Hello December! We’ve been waiting for you!”
It is winter here, there is a frost on the ground again, the moon was a glowing orb last night from its heavenly perch.
The smell of pine is in the air, your breath escapes you in crispy wispy spirally tendrils and the twinkle lights are out, what could be better?
I have finally taken down all my twinkle lights and did a little “Spring Cleaning” in the house last week, but, it is still Winter time to me. There are still frosty mornings yet to come, chilly nights and starry skies yet to be had and I thought it only appropriate that my little winter birds continue to stay out and grace us with their presence.
They make me smile every time I look at them and they are particularly cozy to look at, while listening to Classic FM on my old radio, watching the candle flicker and drinking tea. Happiness is a little pair of winter birds…
“It’s possible for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage!”
If you know the lines to that song, than you know one of the sweetest Rodgers & Hammerstein shows that ever was. We are on our Winter break this week and while I was busy in the house cleaning, I flipped on the TV and saw that “Cinderella” was on and I just had to sit down and watch it.
I can still remember the first time I saw this on TV when I was little sitting in front of the set with my footed pj’s on, I was mesmerized. Just as my parent’s were when they would tell me about the first time they saw it and what a really big deal it was, for something like that to come on TV. It still holds as much magic for me now as it did then. There is such an air of nostalgia around it; the colors of the costumes and the set design, it is beautiful.
I adore when they put something so sweet and wholesome on television during the school breaks, something you could sit down and watch with your children while you work on an art project, something that will make them think and not just “talk” to them, that uses intelligent language and no slang. In my own little corner in my own little room, this was the perfect thing on TV to take a break to today. Well, back to work…
Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day today!
Foxy and I are going in to London. He is taking me to an Art exhibition, down to Marylebone High Street to do a little shopping and then out to dinner.
We haven’t decided where we want eat yet. One of our favorite places is a great hole in the wall diner, that serves the most marvelous hamburgers, but Foxy has mentioned that he might possibly want to go to a Chinese restaurant we love in Soho.
However, the sauce on the noodles always sticks to his whiskers and since he will have on his best bow tie for our evening out, he might not want to get messy, but we shall see…
There is snow on the ground tonight, a full moon in the heavens and the air is bitterly cold. So, this evening I think I shall curl up with a cup of hot chocolate, look at my twinkle lights glisten, listen to some music and just be. Have a lovely weekend…
(Image from The Sweetest Occasion)
This has been a long week! This has been a long Winter term at school! It feels as if we haven’t yet had a chance to just stop and catch our breaths. And I know it just isn’t me, everyone I speak to feels like this.
I had dinner with a friend last week and she said she felt as if Christmas was so long ago, but in reality it really wasn’t. But so much seems to have happened between now and then. So much seems to be going on constantly in our lives and the world around and that is LIFE, I am fully aware of that, but I am ready to just sit still for a little while and be.
Snow is coming and I am hoping for a few quiet days to just listen to the silence. I was catching up with my Google Reader tonight and I saw this post at Breakfast at Toast, it was called “A little something to get us through the day” and it made me smile.
Yes, somehow seeing this picture just made me smile! I really liked this Superbowl Ad, I made Mr. Michie watch it twice with me, he just smiled as I hit “play” for the second time, he told me he didn’t know why I enjoyed it so much, he looks just like that in his boxers and I just smiled back right back at him…
It’s just started snowing and I can’t wait to go out and play! The flakes are coming down swiftly as the wind blows them around and they are thick and fat. I think it is the perfect hot chocolate, staying warm under a quilt and being cozy kinda weather!
Can we expect to being moving “in” to Spring today? Or 6 more weeks of Winter? The way it feels outside this morning, I think 6 more weeks of Winter, but we will just have to wait and see what Phil says!
UPDATE: Phil and I agreed! 6 more weeks of Winter! BRRR! I hope I get some snow before this is all over!
Mr. Michie and I are ringing in the New Year and we hope you are as well!
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. I hope this year brings many blessings to you all.
Jennifer
We rang in the New Year with all the bells and whistles! GiGi made everyone party hats, we had balloons and music playing. We danced and stuffed ourselves with macaroons from Laduree and drank champagne. What a night!
2012 HERE WE COME!
(All photos and props created and taken with the artistic help of my sister, she is one talented lady!)