Winter is here (almost)
It's not exactly freezing but you can notice a change in the air here in London.
A big part of that change is down to the dropping of daylight savings time coupled with the earlier setting sun - the night will start to close in around 4:30 PM these days. This has all the effects you would expect it to have, the one that gets me the most is that you feel like you are staying late at work when in reality you knock off at 5:30 PM and have plenty of the night left to yourself.
Another change is the autumn leaves - the trees have dropped just about all they can and most sit dark, boney branched and leafless against the grey sky. This is just as I remember them when I arrived back in late March.
And finally the temperature, of course. The air has a bite in it that makes you pull your scarf just that little bit tighter around your kneck and sleeves down over your hands (must get some gloves). No doubt it will get much colder too.
This may all sound a little depressing but it's not, honestly. It's nice to be in a place where you can see natures cycle in action. It is also nice to have a bit of variation in the normal comings and goings of everyday life - because things aren't the same as they were 3 or 4 months ago - people wear different clothes, people do different things. Instead of heading to the park for some frisbee we might head to a cafe for a nice warm hot chocolate and grab a DVD on the way home or to the movies and then a nice warm pub for a meal. That's two 'nice warm's in one sentence - not the best writing but does remind me of a challenge which winter represents for the consumably comforted. Too often for me the adjectives 'nice' and 'warm' are followed by 'pie', 'toasted chibata' or, on the mornings when Special K doesn't cut it, 'sausage and bacon butty with cheese'.
This entry is going off on a tangent and is not as short as I had hoped but essentially - seasons change and new opportunities for good times present themselves - I like that.
A big part of that change is down to the dropping of daylight savings time coupled with the earlier setting sun - the night will start to close in around 4:30 PM these days. This has all the effects you would expect it to have, the one that gets me the most is that you feel like you are staying late at work when in reality you knock off at 5:30 PM and have plenty of the night left to yourself.
Another change is the autumn leaves - the trees have dropped just about all they can and most sit dark, boney branched and leafless against the grey sky. This is just as I remember them when I arrived back in late March.
And finally the temperature, of course. The air has a bite in it that makes you pull your scarf just that little bit tighter around your kneck and sleeves down over your hands (must get some gloves). No doubt it will get much colder too.
This may all sound a little depressing but it's not, honestly. It's nice to be in a place where you can see natures cycle in action. It is also nice to have a bit of variation in the normal comings and goings of everyday life - because things aren't the same as they were 3 or 4 months ago - people wear different clothes, people do different things. Instead of heading to the park for some frisbee we might head to a cafe for a nice warm hot chocolate and grab a DVD on the way home or to the movies and then a nice warm pub for a meal. That's two 'nice warm's in one sentence - not the best writing but does remind me of a challenge which winter represents for the consumably comforted. Too often for me the adjectives 'nice' and 'warm' are followed by 'pie', 'toasted chibata' or, on the mornings when Special K doesn't cut it, 'sausage and bacon butty with cheese'.
This entry is going off on a tangent and is not as short as I had hoped but essentially - seasons change and new opportunities for good times present themselves - I like that.
