The weather app on my phone tells me that it is -2 outside but the wind chill means that it feels like -8. We have a dog that does not worry about weather apps, all she knows is that she likes a long walk in the morning and would we please get a move on so she can go out.
It does look pretty out there. There's a soft layer of frost on cars and pavements and I noticed that when I let Coco out in the garden earlier, the sparkly frost covered blades of grass gently crunched as she walked across the lawn.
Today is the day that I will be taking down the decorations and dismantle the tree. It always looks so bare after all the colour has been packed away for another year. One person who will be pleased to get things back to normal is Coco as the tree is positioned in her favourite corner where she likes to have a doze in the evenings. Every night she has walked towards it and I can almost see her shake her head and think 'oh, it's still there then. When can I have my corner back?'
We do have a little extra colour as the amaryllis bulb that I planted weeks ago has burst into flower.
I've been watching that stem grow and grow, seen a flower head swell and then burst through the top leaves and slowly unfurl into a beautiful flower. It's now too big to be on my kitchen windowsill so has been invited in to take pride of place on the sideboard in the dining room.
I don't think we can put off that dog walk any longer, it's time to bundle up in wooly scarves, hats and winter coats. Talking of scarves, let me end by sharing my latest knitting project.
It's a triangular scarf, knitted on circular needles. It took a little while to get my head around how it was going to evolve from a straight line to a triangle but now I've worked it out it seems to be growing into the right shape. I just hope I get it finished before the temperatures start to rise!
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