Older people are categorized as hating change, but I look forward to the change of seasons. I think it would be boring to live in a place where the weather remained basically the same year-round.
I am happy to see the dandelions and violets erupting in the yard signaling spring. The reds and golds of autumn leaves can be breath-taking.
Now there is a nip in the air although winter doesn’t officially begin until next month. We’ve ha a snowfall but it was courteous enough to not remain on the roads and sidewalks–only the grass and quickly disappeared. Ken has the snow blower ready to go when it’s needed.
Summer tee shirts and short pants are tired looking but the winter jeans and sweat shirts take on a fresh look although they are the same ones I have worn for years. We have limited clothes space in our bedroom so I keep off-season outfits in an upstairs closet.
Flannel sheets on our bed are cozy feeling. Makes it harder to get up in the morning. When we begin having warm days of spring, I’ll go back to regular sheets.
Running a quick errand takes longer. I have to bundle up with coat, scarf and gloves even if I won’t be outside but a few minutes.
I remember the old days, riding my sled on our gravel driveway, which slanted downhill. Building a snow man was a treat when the snow was wet. At school, playing Fox and Goose was a recess game after we tramped down the snow into a wheel pattern with spokes.
Our menu has also changed. It’s time to make chili for supper. Meals of shrimp salad will wait until next summer.
Keeping warm is no problem. I just push the thermostat if it feels chilly in the house. While I was growing up, my parents burned wood in the furnace to heat the house. It was free while coal cost money. Dad used his chain saw to cut up fallen, dead trees in the fifty acres of timber on the northern edge of the farm. Driving the tractor and pulling the trailer, he hauled the chunks to the house and tossed them through an open window into the cellar. Mom went to the basement to throw the pieces into the fire. On below zero nights, she got out of bed at two in the morning to keep the furnace fed.
Do you like the change of seasons?