Wow, I learned a lot from this! Toffee is one of my favorites. So thank you for sharing the look away trick. And can I take you and Sean with me next time I buy paint? I swear I'm just color stupid. But set it next to grey. Who knew! Love the analogy to life. Thanks for sharing!
It's taken me (a devotee of summer!) a very long time to appreciate this aspect of winter but I think every year I understand its importance better. I make rules for myself about how I'm not allowed to complain when it's hot in the summer because you can only gripe about one bad kind of weather. But then the last few years I've taken to exercising outside more, and I've started to make peace with the cold. Craig and I went running this morning and it was 44 degrees, and after experiencing 26 degrees a couple weeks ago, this felt pretty good. And way better than a July run when the heat hits you the moment you step outside your house, despite being 5am!
So, yeah. Winter and I are making peace.
Growing up in Seattle, you get so many grey days that whenever it's really sunny everyone feels this huge NEED to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. It can feel a little manicky almost, but also, can you blame them? It took me a while to calm down from that mindset. Now, I get excited when we get a gray gloomy (but not freezing) day in Virginia. Usually it rains all day long (as opposed to Seattle, where you can have a grey day that feels wet without it ever actually raining) and it just feels so restful.
Love those paintings, I'm going to check out your links!
Wow, I learned a lot from this! Toffee is one of my favorites. So thank you for sharing the look away trick. And can I take you and Sean with me next time I buy paint? I swear I'm just color stupid. But set it next to grey. Who knew! Love the analogy to life. Thanks for sharing!
It's taken me (a devotee of summer!) a very long time to appreciate this aspect of winter but I think every year I understand its importance better. I make rules for myself about how I'm not allowed to complain when it's hot in the summer because you can only gripe about one bad kind of weather. But then the last few years I've taken to exercising outside more, and I've started to make peace with the cold. Craig and I went running this morning and it was 44 degrees, and after experiencing 26 degrees a couple weeks ago, this felt pretty good. And way better than a July run when the heat hits you the moment you step outside your house, despite being 5am!
So, yeah. Winter and I are making peace.
Growing up in Seattle, you get so many grey days that whenever it's really sunny everyone feels this huge NEED to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. It can feel a little manicky almost, but also, can you blame them? It took me a while to calm down from that mindset. Now, I get excited when we get a gray gloomy (but not freezing) day in Virginia. Usually it rains all day long (as opposed to Seattle, where you can have a grey day that feels wet without it ever actually raining) and it just feels so restful.
Love those paintings, I'm going to check out your links!