February blues...

It happens to me every year: the February blues... Winter seems to have been here for ages and Summer is nowhere in sight...

So what do I do when winter has finally hit hard with its bitterly coldness? And when my back is still not strong enough for me to craft? And when I've got the flu for the THIRD TIME in two months????



I look at pretty outfits and pretend it's summer!!! :)

(Click on the pictures to take you to the image source!!)

Aaahhh!! I can almost feel the sunshine on my face already :) A fresh breeze... A cold lemonade... Happy dresses, pretty colors and cute shoes :) YES!!

Thank you Pinterest. I needed that ;)

Sundown

Blue Monday

Apparently today is Blue Monday, and we're all supposed to feel more crappy than we would on any other Monday ;) Fortunately today was a beautiful day in my part of the world, so instead of hanging around feeling shitty, I decided to take a long, therapeutic walk into The Wild!!









There's nothing better than coming home after a long walk and making yourself a nice cup of tea (especially when it's a delicious kind of tea that tastes like spiced gingerbread!!!)...



... and treating yourself to some homemade meringue!!!



No, this Monday wasn't so bad. Not bad at all :)

The downside of winter (and some icicles!)

Winter 'looked good' for about three days. Then the pretty white snow transformed into yellowish slippery goo set out to make my life a living HELL. Trust me, I love winter as much as the next gal, but almost breaking one or several limbs everytime I have to go outside looses its charm after about a week...

So I was just about to give up on winter all together, when I found THIS in my back garden:



How cool is that?!?! :D



ICICLES PEOPLE! LOADS OF THEM!!! :D



So even though I'd still like to see the yellow goo leave sooner rather than later...



... I spent the rest of the afternoon under our staircase taking pictures of the icicles anyways :)

The upside of winter

We rarely have a good pack of proper snow here in my little part of the world, so when we woke up this morning finding the already rare layer of snow had doubled in the course of the night, an expedition to The Wild was quickly planned!



It was still early so we had the pleasure of planting our footprints in the fresh, untouched snow.



The streets were empty...



... and so was the Wild!



There were only snowy pathways...



... and the footprints of deer :)



And despite public transportation is seriously disordered, traffic is a disaster and it's oh-so-cold...



... winter at least looks good :)