Yep, it's here! Winter is here....
It is now officially British winter time.
Clocks have changed.
There will be a lot of moaning about this. Chats about how the days will be shorter and the evenings will close in so dark and early.
The talk about getting up in the dark & coming home in the dark will echo around the country.
There will also be many debates about whether the U.K. should abolish the clock change altogether.This is a debate that goes on twice a year, every year since I arrived in this country many years ago.
The television & media will be reminding us in case we have forgotten. It will be on all the news, chat shows etc & in front rooms. It will be the news for a day.
It is just the way, a way I have realised I actually quite like after many years of hating it!
Perhaps it's because I am getting older, but there are good points about the English winter I really have grown to like.
Yes, I also go through moaning and groaning, however there is an undertone of excitement in me.
Yep! I think of cosy evenings in, big fluffy duvets or blankets, candles, music, good winter stews, potatoes etc.
The thought of the frost on the trees on an icy clear crisp morning makes me smile. So cold yet truly wonderful to see, feel & experience. I take time to stop & watch the birds hopping from tree to tree, it's always nice to see a Robin with their little red breast, the postcard moments become a true reality even right in the heart of London.
Ice glistening in winter sunshine, the bareness of the branches on the trees, they look almost dead yet the winter is just allowing them to replenish & grow & burst to life in the spring time.
At first putting on scarves and coats seemed such a hassle, yet once the deed is done once it soon reminds me of the comfort & cosyness of winter.
Carts with roasted chestnuts on the fire pop up everywhere, the smell alone is a memory I always associate with English wintertime. Whether you enjoy them or not, it is always a firm reminder that it IS winter.
SO this year I will embrace the clock change, I will embrace the winter months & more than anything I will embrace the fact that I am fortunate to be warm & cosy.
Winter IS here!
