Showing posts with label cold weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cold weather. Show all posts

Thursday, January 2, 2014

A Cold Start to the Year

Untitled by susanvg
Untitled, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
Brrr - January 1 and the temperatures keep going down. On Tuesday I bundled up with several layers (long underwear is my friend) and walked to do my errands. With no wind it was bearable, but now...

And Colder

I just checked the weather site.

I don't think my many layers will suffice - too many layers and you can't move fast enough to stay warm! It's cozy in my home - (though I will venture out later by car to play music with friends) with a nice cup of coffee. 

Wishing all my friends, both those I know face to face and those I know virtually through their photographs and words good health in 2014. May you continue to spread the warmth of your friendship!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Rectangles

Rectangles by susanvg
Rectangles, a photo by susanvg on Flickr.
With temperatures hovering near -15C it was hard to walk past this cafe without going in. It's definitely a time for caccooning. A hot cup of herbal tea once I was home, dinner and a good book. But my friend ventured out and joined me for an evening of playing music. Much better than sitting in front of a television!

Friday, November 26, 2010

Cold Day Warm Soup


Cold Day Warm Soup, originally uploaded by susanvg.
Slippery sidewalks make for treacherous walking. So today I stayed home and cooked and caught up on paperwork - but the food was more photogenic than the stacks of paper I sorted through.

The house smells wonderful with cooking smells wafting up the stairs to my office. When I was small, my mother sometimes served me soup with a whole chicken leg in the bowl "chicken in the pot", but since this photo, I have stripped the meat from the bones. I love to have soups- freshly made or defrosted from the freezer. They make a wholesome meal and warm you up on cold winter days.

Paperwork, on the other hand, doesn't quite have that same warming effect. As soon as I sort through one stack, the postman brings more to the house. There is a never-ending supply. Sometimes I feel like I am a processing plant taking mail in, sorting it for various recipients in this house, then dealing with my own, with envelopes in recycling and the important pieces on the continuously growing piles. At least I made a good dent today.