Winter's Bliss

I suppose we should be happy to  be enjoying  these   mild days  of winter..    days where we have no idea how to dress, what kind of wrap to choose.  The sun is  low on the horizon, and so bright  one can scarcely see to drive!  And  if driving, by mid afternoon is tempted to  roll down the window a bit to  clear the air in the car!

So what that a year ago today  this was the view out of my window!

Well, to tell the truth. I miss it!  Isn't this the way January is supposed 

to be?..  How it is in all the glorious  stories we love?  If I can't have it in reality I can pretend, can't I ?

I  want to build a snowman.. I'll plant him on the table!  And pile  the snow about him  like  the snow cloud Elsa  provided  dear Olaf!  And then the  a snow village  came into view!

It being such a cheerful room   as we continue to celebrate the full Twelve days of Christmas, candle light sheds its  glow  o'er it all to  illuminate   the town,reminiscient of a Light that glows from on high and in our hearts  during this season and every day!
"It snowed and snowed, the whole world over,
Snow swept the world from end to end.
A candle burned on the table;
A candle burned."
-  Boris Pasternak, Dr. Zhivago  

    

                 

 Winter is best for me...   it is the  solitude.  the quiet hours... the chance to get alone with myself and with God..

"There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you .....  In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself."
-  Ruth Stout

 I love the word "savor".  Whether it is food or an idea, God's perfect Word...savoring takes time  and   it does require a solitary   climate..  I love winter!

So I will create  winter in my home.. a chance, an excuse, to hang on to more of the season!

Those bowls are  crying out for soup or stew  to warm and  strengthen  both body and spirit!

So for me now,  I   can  sit and enjoy a bit of wintry bliss  even if just for a while.  

"Winter, a lingering season, "as it should be" is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour. "

                             -  John Boswell

Even as I hear my neighbor outside mowing up his leaves!  Sigh!

I am joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for  Tablescape Thursday  Grace at Home    with  Richella.