Sian over at High in the Sky posted a beautiful Lay Out yesterday journalling how she feels about November. She wondered what others felt this month.
Here’s how I feel in November.
Looking in my Christmas drawer and the feeling of Oh! I’d forgotten I had that…
Leaves in all their glorious colour. Picking them up, taking them home and photographing them. Yes again! I love them, they make my heart sing
Resolving to post the Christmas cards on the first of December
Winter boots, hat and scarf, my new winter coat and of course a new hat. Orange this year. No I don’t think I look like a pumpkin!
Wolley tights and a shorter skirt…all ready for when the weather turns. You can smile but in 2012 we were in the garden sitting around the fire on Christmas eve!
Winter food, casseroles and puddings. It’s the only time of the year I make them.
Checking the sloe gin, is it ready yet?
Lists, endless lists for Christmas.
Booking my delivery slot at the supermarket and never remembering what size turkey to buy and remembering the year I made notes for the following year, one of which said: Buy a bigger turkey. “Bigger than what?” my husband said. Yes I had forgotten to write down the weight of the ‘too small’ turkey.
Sorting the bed linen for Christmas guests.
Changing the curtains and covers in our bedroom from summer white to winter red.
Armistice day. Standing in the freezing cold in years gone by, remembering and giving thanks.
A special friends birthday, the day of her passing and her funeral, Oh! so many memories.
A daily photo challenge with a theme of Giving Thanks.
The feeling of Oh! It’s ages yet and then the feeling of OMG it’s the first of December tomorrow.
The constant invitations begining with “Oh! we must… before Christmas”. Why can’t “we must”… in July?
November, a time for pausing, to take stock:
of time passing,
and seasons changing.
A time for planning,
for gathering and
Giving Thanks.
Thank you Sian
