Happy Mid Winter :-)

The shortest day, this year, is more important to me than ever. We’ve been homeschooling for a year now, and I, as well as the children have learned so many things that we otherwise wouldn’t have. To me, today is a reminder of the slowing down, and settling in to a rhythm of conscious learning and living. Sounds silly really, but its taken me such a long time to get to this place of being present in this moment. I find it all to easy to have my mind else where, on other things, and not on the now. The more time I take to suck in ‘this moment’, the more I enjoy it and the less I find my mind wandering. Not sure if that makes any sense, but there we go, its just how I feel. In a couple of days we’ll see a minutes more sunshine through out the day until before we know it our days will be long and warm again. I look forward to the spring and all that it will bring…but for the time being I’m just enjoying the cosy nights, the roaring fire, wooly jumpers family board games…..and the mulled wine.

This mornings sunrise was obscured by the grey clouds, but never the less the garden was calm and quiet, and it was nice to take the time to sit out with my coffee and enjoy the peace.

It’s also my younger sisters birthday today. My attempt at making her a Yule birthday cake tested my patience…. thankfully I woke with a sense of humor this morning, otherwise I could well have cried at the cake that is actually a crumbly mess but cleverly hidden under the chocolate frosting