Stop and stare….

26 Dec 2011 2 Comments

by countingsheepstudio in family, life

This time of year always puts me in a reflective mood. The cold, the quietness of the woods, the indifference of the wind as it whips past you. Winter is here. It’s been almost one year since we’ve been in our new home, and what a year it has been.

One of many pines in my neighborhood

I am very thankful and grateful for all the new friends I have made this year, as well as all the wonderful people already in my life. Life feels…full. In a good way. Yet there are times when, like most of us, I crave solitude. To be holed up on a mountainside through the winter does not sound like such a bad thing to me. To be alone to write, read, create to my heart’s content. Ahh, isn’t that the metaphor of life, to crave that which you do not have the ability to do.

In the meantime, I’ll steal my 30 minutes when I can wake up at 5:30 before the baby gets up and starts off my day. I’ll savor my Super Dark coffee, and let my thoughts wander off…such a luxury.

Yesterday, we enjoyed a rambunctious Christmas morning, followed by a (mostly) peaceful day with friends and family. The girls quite enjoyed their present unwrapping. This year is especially bittersweet for me, since I suspect it’s the last year Sydney will believe in Santa. She woke up about 10 times before midnight on Christmas Eve!

The girls enjoying their gifts

Knitted Sweaters for Penguins

These little cuties were given sweaters not just to look adorable, but to help save them from poisoning themselves by preening, after a New Zealand oil spill last month. Knitters to the rescue!

I hope you all have an amazing Holiday Season if you celebrate, and enjoy all your moments, big or small, that bring YOU joy. Sending love to dear missed friends who are no longer with me as well, you know who you are. Blessed be.

I never get tired of this one….

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