Fresh and Exciting

10 reasons why I've been waiting and waiting for winter:

1. It is fresh and exciting. Goodbye dust!

2. Mushrooms - in soups, quiches, everywhere.

I have wonderful memories of going mushroom picking as a child.

3. Cyclamens - for me they will always be the shiest of flowers,

thanks to a nursery rhyme that has them growing quietly under a rock.

These days they are more likely to grow quietly in a nursery,

but we are not here to nitpick.

4. I won't have to wash my car for ages!

5. Sweaters, scarves, hats! Yarn is still my first crafty love.

6. Walking in the rain with an umbrella.

I am way too old to visit every puddle, but still...

7. Winter reading. So much cozier with a crochet blanket

and a nice cup of tea, maybe even a baked treat.

Because winter draws you back into the kitchen.

8. Proper movies in the cinema. Away with you summer blockbusters, 

I've had my fill of super-heroes for now.

9. Turning back the clocks!

Oh no, I don't actually like it getting dark so early. Wrong list.

10. Rain-rain-rain! It simply fuels me with energy.

If you had our long hot summer, you would understand.

♡