I like winter. I know that sounds like crazy talk after the last couple days of snow and record breaking cold. I realize most people are fed up with winter. I argue this with Randy quite often... He would be happy to live in Texas or Arizona... But I can't imagine life without the seasons. To me, they are all necessary...you can't appreciate any one of them without the others.
Here we are in winter, the world is black and white. I love how the trees look with snow stuck to their bare branches. Everything is simple. We slow down. You have to in the cold and snow... Sometimes you are forced to by closed roads, businesses and schools. Mother Nature presses pause on our busy life, and there's no way around it.
Take a breath and make a pot of chilli, or soup, or stew... One of the deliciously warm foods that just hit the spot when it's cold out. How about a mug of hot cocoa, hot apple cider, or coffee...there's something about warming yourself from the inside out.
Winter has no mosquitoes, flies or humidity. Without winter we would have no maple syrup!
Winter cold makes a summer day feel warmer. Winter drab makes the leaves and grass of Spring greener. I like the contrast. Don't wish away winter. Wishing away winter won't stop it from happening. It just stops you from enjoying the beauty in it.
