The cat woke me up rather early this morning by dancing on my head. I guess he wanted me to get out of bed and turn the heat up. Can't blame him really, it was a tad chilly in here. We turn the heat way down when we go to bed at night and haven't yet installed one of those thermostats that turn it back up a half hour before we get up so the house isn't icy when we first drag out feet out from under the covers. We have one on order though.
AC stayed under the covers while I went down to start the coffee and see what was in the Advent Calendar. I didn't let him stay there long though because I don't open the surprise until he is there too. I dig out the parcel and poke and prod it, but no peeking is allowed until he gets up.
This one was an easy one to guess because it made noise as soon as I picked it up.
The girls got chocolate in their calendar along with this quote-
"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us." Iris Murdoch
Buy yourself a flower today and go mad with joy!!!!
The stores are full of beautiful and inexpensive Christmas flowers right now. Treat yourself to one and put it near your favourite writing spot and really look at it. Flowers are wonders of creation and we skim over them or look past them far too often. Take time to stop and look, really look, at one today. You will be glad you did.
We will putter around the house this morning and then head up to a small town just north of us to visit some of the quaint shops there and soak in the Christmas atmosphere. My Christmas shopping is done, so it will just be fun trip to look and touch but not have any pressure to find anything in particular. We will wander around in some book stores, art galleries, and gift shops, perhaps visit a tearoom and then maybe stop at the local general store for some of its famous fresh baked cinnamon buns to bring home with us. We have been to this general store a few times already and find it quite unique. It has old creaky wooden floors, a magnificent counter along the back wall lined with antique apothecary jars, a shelf built near the ceiling that goes all the way around the store which serves as a railway line for an old fashioned model train, which travels around the room as you shop. At the front door is a big wide counter littered with glass-domed pedestal plates full of fresh baked goodies. The fragrance when you first walk in the door is the heavenly aroma of cinnamon and brown sugar rolls just coming out of the over. Oh, I can almost taste them now. Yum!
I hope you find something warm, wonderful and festive to do today and you enjoy all the sights and sounds of the season.
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