snow day!!!

There's white in the air and the roads are covered, which means no work for me today! Instead I will curl up next to the stove and drink tea. Days like this are perfect for browsing so I thought I'd share some links to things I've been enjoying.

My brother showed me this website and I've had airstreams on the brain ever since.

I want a sip of this... ok, more than a sip. Citrus is such a blessing this time of year.

I've been baking more bread lately. We have another person in the house to help finish it now, and the days have been cold so I've been feeling much more inspired to experiment with baking. These are a few recipes that I am looking forward to trying. 1 2 3 4

Speaking of baking, I want this book.

I'm planning on watching this documentary very soon. Tea is an obsession for me. I always want to know/try more.

This mix makes me happy.

That's all for now. Time to enjoy the snow.

first snow

Back before we got all that snow dumped on us, we got a little preview of what mother nature had in store. The first snow was very mild and pretty to look at, though strange to wake up to on an October morning. The flowers were still out...

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Sometimes I am very much a creature of habit. When I am used to something, that is what I do, and then when patterns shift and that thing drops out of my routine, it takes a very concerted effort to bring certain activities back into my daily life.

Like blogging.

Also exercise.

All of this is a very roundabout way of saying that we lost power in the freak October snowstorm. I could barely believe my eyes when we woke up to this.

It felt even stranger the night before, watching the whole sky light up with bright green flashes as power lines were taken out. Very eerie indeed.

Things have been a bit simpler lately. More candles, more reading, earlier to bed. It's not terribly exciting but it's nice in its own way. But I have film from pre-snow days that I hope to share here soon, and more pictures to take as the holidays draw near. It's nice to return to my own little corner of the internet as the days get shorter.

white on the ground

This is not exactly what I expect to see upon waking up in early November.

I wish it had been one of those flaky, light, magical first snows. Instead it's more of a wintery mix of snow and ice. But it's still exciting to look out the window and see all that white. Today is a perfect day for plenty of tea and a good book.