I can't believe it's December already. I can’t believe how quickly 2012 has zoomed by! Do you feel this same way?
Oh I know it must be December because the Northern Red Shafted Flicker has arrived. And this winter he's brought a gift... a lovely female. When she flies you can see a flash of yellow in the under wings. Truly amazing. I love birds.
And who said I need inches of snow and blistering cold to feel that Christmassy feel? We've been having a lot of rain and high winds lately around here, but not much cold really. Who would have thought back then when we first moved to what it used to be a snow-covered world, that some day we were going to have such balmy winters? I feel sorry for the polar bears, but I'm so jumping onto the global warming bandwagon!
The rainy, cloudy days we have been experiencing have brought with them a cool, lazy sort of quietness; which I truly love.
If you live in a place with cold winters, then you know how precious light is... when there's no sunshine, I love the cozy, muted lights of candles and lamps.
Ohhh, and can you believe I'm already daydreaming with summer? Yeah and dreaming with what I want to see in my garden next… Like a shower room covered in climbing roses. Dreamy! Of course, it would have to have hot water. A must around here! ;) Isn't this little tub here just dreamy!
When I visit my parents in FL, I love to take my showers outside. My father, who is a wild gypsy sorts of a guy (and I’m the daughter after his own heart, of course), has built a very primitive shower room in mom’s enclosed little garden, just using a hose and a big shower head. The water is so warm in South Florida and so delightfully refreshing, that I find it irresistible! So every day dad and I would put on our shorts or swimming suits, grab some soap, and head outside for a refreshing 'hot' shower—much to mom’s disapproval, I would have to say. You see, she truly believes that every man and woman child and dog from the apartment complexes surrounding her little garden are watching us... and who if it isn't but the immoral would take their showers outside? ;) Shameless gitanos! (Iberian Gypsies). She's so cute! ;)
Last summer I tried doing something like that in my own garden and almost died. It was such a hot day too, but this is not Florida and the water here is icy cold all year round. I should have thought about that... Burrrr!
And that's it for today my darlings... May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough hope to make you happy.
Oh I know it must be December because the Northern Red Shafted Flicker has arrived. And this winter he's brought a gift... a lovely female. When she flies you can see a flash of yellow in the under wings. Truly amazing. I love birds.
And who said I need inches of snow and blistering cold to feel that Christmassy feel? We've been having a lot of rain and high winds lately around here, but not much cold really. Who would have thought back then when we first moved to what it used to be a snow-covered world, that some day we were going to have such balmy winters? I feel sorry for the polar bears, but I'm so jumping onto the global warming bandwagon!
Fairies in the garden are loving this weather too!
The rainy, cloudy days we have been experiencing have brought with them a cool, lazy sort of quietness; which I truly love.
If you live in a place with cold winters, then you know how precious light is... when there's no sunshine, I love the cozy, muted lights of candles and lamps.
Particularly if your lamps look this pretty! ;)
Love my new lace covered lamp shades…
from Tuesday Morning.
Ohhh, and can you believe I'm already daydreaming with summer? Yeah and dreaming with what I want to see in my garden next… Like a shower room covered in climbing roses. Dreamy! Of course, it would have to have hot water. A must around here! ;) Isn't this little tub here just dreamy!
When I visit my parents in FL, I love to take my showers outside. My father, who is a wild gypsy sorts of a guy (and I’m the daughter after his own heart, of course), has built a very primitive shower room in mom’s enclosed little garden, just using a hose and a big shower head. The water is so warm in South Florida and so delightfully refreshing, that I find it irresistible! So every day dad and I would put on our shorts or swimming suits, grab some soap, and head outside for a refreshing 'hot' shower—much to mom’s disapproval, I would have to say. You see, she truly believes that every man and woman child and dog from the apartment complexes surrounding her little garden are watching us... and who if it isn't but the immoral would take their showers outside? ;) Shameless gitanos! (Iberian Gypsies). She's so cute! ;)
Last summer I tried doing something like that in my own garden and almost died. It was such a hot day too, but this is not Florida and the water here is icy cold all year round. I should have thought about that... Burrrr!
(Three last photos from Pinterest)
And that's it for today my darlings... May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough hope to make you happy.
