The Low Winter Sun
This time of year the sun is very low in the sky. I hate that the days are so short, but I love the golden light that bathes the front rooms of the house in the afternoon. Our porch roof keeps the sun out in the summer when it’s high in the sky, but this time of year the sun is low enough to come streaming in. I simply love it.
Often in the afternoon you’ll find me sitting on the sofa in the sun reading or doing some work. I take in as much sun as I can get this time of year. In the summer I enjoy the evening just as the sun is starting to set, this time of year mid-afternoon is my favorite time of the day.
Do you have a time of day that you love?
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Quote of the Day: Hal Borland
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on,
with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
~Hal Borland
I know many people that make New Year’s resolutions, I don’t, never have. It is however, a great time to sit down and think about the previous year, learning from past mistakes and successes and trying to take those lessons into the coming year. I find that I do this better throughout the year rather than at this busy time of year, I try to take stock of how things are going often and make small adjustments rather than making big drastic changes at New Year’s.
Do you make resolutions? What are some of the ones you have for 2011?
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Happy New Year!
Mr Chiots and I usually get together with friends for New Year’s Eve, and have a celebration full of fun food and games. Sadly, this year we had to work. We rang in the New Year with clients and all their guests.
We’ll pretend it’s tonight and toast again for our celebration. Here’s to a fantastic 2011.
Do you stay up and ring in the New Year?
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Winter Activities
One of the reasons I enjoy gardening is because it’s great exercise. The bad thing is that you can’t do it in the winter so you have to find something else to do. I enjoy doing yoga several times a week, we also enjoy going on walks. Yesterday however, we went bowling and ice skating, both wonderful winter activities.
We went with some friends and had a great time. It’s always great to get out in the winter and do something, especially when you live in a rural area like we do and don’t have things like this nearby!
Have you done anything fun lately?
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The Christmas Flower
For as long as I can remember my mom has always received amaryllis bulbs for Christmas from my dad. She saves the bulbs from year to year and has a ton of blooms in her house throughout the year. She knows exactly what to do to get them to bloom year after year. This past year she even saved seeds and started a few I think it takes them a few years to bloom though. When I was over for Christmas on Sunday I snapped a few photos of the double one that’s blooming right now.
I have never grown an amaryllis, my mom keeps offering to give me a bulb. I’ll have to take her up on it and add one to my indoor garden, which could use a bit of color this time of year. I’d also love to add an African Violet or two, they were one of my grandma’s (my dad’s mom) most favorite plants. She always had a few of them growing on her windowsill. My mom also used to always have gloxinia’s blooming in the house throughout the winter, some day I’ll add one of those to my indoor garden also. I will never add paperwhites, Easter lilies or hyacinths because I cannot stand the smell they put off.
Do you have memories of indoor plants & flowers from your childhood?
